Comment 88536

By Rational Optimist (anonymous) | Posted May 09, 2013 at 13:28:30 in reply to Comment 88528

I have no case: I have conflicting feelings about this sort of thing, like I said. You make a very good point when you point out that these modifications (or whatever they should be called) were temporary. I do note that no one seems to be surprised that they were removed, and the general feeling seems to be that the reaction (specifically the letter) is the outrageous part, not simply the fact that city employees removed the changes.

I'm not sure what in my initial comment would cause someone to downvote, so I hope that this will be taken in the spirit in which it is intended. It is hard for me to see how these types of demonstrations will affect change, but you make a good point again in saying that there are many ways that can and should be used.

Maybe I was interpreting the principal motivation incorrectly: my initial understanding that these changes were intended to be improvements to the urban environment. I am unsure whether it is correct for individuals to take decisions unilaterally that a change be made, when others are effected. If they are primarily demonstrations of what someone thinks might be a good idea, I think that there's no better way to convince others that a change should be made than by showing them the benefits of it through a practical experiment.

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