Comments on: The Lost in Paradise http://www.randombabble.com/2008/09/30/the-lost-in-paradise/ exactly that Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:32:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lest we forget… « random babble… http://www.randombabble.com/2008/09/30/the-lost-in-paradise/#comment-1248 Lest we forget… « random babble… Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:05:29 +0000 http://randombitchez.wordpress.com/?p=883#comment-1248 [...] and touristy vacations spots.  Like I have mentioned before, hardly anyone ever thinks of the darker side of Hawai’i, the parts that people either don’t know about, or don’t care to know about.  Either [...] [...] and touristy vacations spots.  Like I have mentioned before, hardly anyone ever thinks of the darker side of Hawai’i, the parts that people either don’t know about, or don’t care to know about.  Either [...]

]]> By: GlobalComment » Financial Crisis: Why Is It All About the Middle Class? http://www.randombabble.com/2008/09/30/the-lost-in-paradise/#comment-1247 GlobalComment » Financial Crisis: Why Is It All About the Middle Class? Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:34:00 +0000 http://randombitchez.wordpress.com/?p=883#comment-1247 [...] effort to deny that most are just a few pay checks away from economic disaster. For those that are already inhabiting tent cities it might as well be the 1930’s all over again. Food banks which are often the last stop between [...] [...] effort to deny that most are just a few pay checks away from economic disaster. For those that are already inhabiting tent cities it might as well be the 1930’s all over again. Food banks which are often the last stop between [...]

]]> By: Jenny http://www.randombabble.com/2008/09/30/the-lost-in-paradise/#comment-1246 Jenny Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:01:17 +0000 http://randombitchez.wordpress.com/?p=883#comment-1246 Darn it. 700 billion!!!! Americans are sleeping in cars now! Darn it. 700 billion!!!! Americans are sleeping in cars now!

]]> By: damontucker http://www.randombabble.com/2008/09/30/the-lost-in-paradise/#comment-1245 damontucker Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:38:30 +0000 http://randombitchez.wordpress.com/?p=883#comment-1245 You might really enjoy these two videos I posted on my blog regarding the situation as it stands in Hawaii right now: http://damontucker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/inside-usa-the-other-hawaii/ I entitled it "The Other Side of Hawaii" You might really enjoy these two videos I posted on my blog regarding the situation as it stands in Hawaii right now:

http://damontucker.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/inside-usa-the-other-hawaii/

I entitled it “The Other Side of Hawaii”

]]> By: Ouyang Dan http://www.randombabble.com/2008/09/30/the-lost-in-paradise/#comment-1244 Ouyang Dan Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:53:22 +0000 http://randombitchez.wordpress.com/?p=883#comment-1244 It happens so much. I have seen it in action in Waikiki. I have read old laws that governed prostitution, and when it was less than illegal (the law was worded strangely) there were literally blocks where it was OK to solicit and blocks where it wasn't, all to hide anything other than the glamourous shopping, hopping clubs, and sparkling beaches from the tourists. There is a lot to be seen in areas where the privileged holiday. None of it is on a guided tour. It happens so much. I have seen it in action in Waikiki. I have read old laws that governed prostitution, and when it was less than illegal (the law was worded strangely) there were literally blocks where it was OK to solicit and blocks where it wasn’t, all to hide anything other than the glamourous shopping, hopping clubs, and sparkling beaches from the tourists.

There is a lot to be seen in areas where the privileged holiday. None of it is on a guided tour.

]]> By: Renee http://www.randombabble.com/2008/09/30/the-lost-in-paradise/#comment-1243 Renee Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:36:27 +0000 http://randombitchez.wordpress.com/?p=883#comment-1243 Thank you so much for writing this. I really believe that we need to pull back the covers from the places that we as a paradise because it reveals just how unequal the world is. When we go on vacation we think that we should be in a place where poverty does not exist and this causes places that rely on tourism to hide the poor from view. I live in a tourist area myself and the homeless are routinely swept away from Clifton Hill (the area close to Niagara Falls) They are considered threatening because they disturb the illusion that tourists want maintained when they are on vacation. Thank you so much for writing this. I really believe that we need to pull back the covers from the places that we as a paradise because it reveals just how unequal the world is. When we go on vacation we think that we should be in a place where poverty does not exist and this causes places that rely on tourism to hide the poor from view.
I live in a tourist area myself and the homeless are routinely swept away from Clifton Hill (the area close to Niagara Falls) They are considered threatening because they disturb the illusion that tourists want maintained when they are on vacation.

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