Homeless people removed from Paris region in pre-Olympics 'social cleansing'

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jun/03/homeless-people-removed-from-paris-before-olympics

by fuzztester • 2 years ago

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ggm• 2 years ago

Has there been an Olympics in the modern era (since WW2) where this didn't happen?

xenospn• 2 years ago

My thoughts exactly. Why wouldn’t they do that?

eleveriven• 2 years ago

It's such a bad thing but indeed I think in every pre-Olympic they have this practice. And it's a pity.

blackeyeblitzar• 2 years ago

Didn’t SF do this for some kind of summit of Asian politicians recently? I thought it was funny that a city known for claiming nothing can be done about encampments cleaned it all up overnight.

RobertRies• 2 years ago

Yes. And also during the Super Bowl festivities in 2016. It oddly wasn't as sensational back then, but made some news.

whythre• 2 years ago

Using the phrase ‘Social cleansing’ seems disingenuous to the point of manipulation. The term evokes death camps, eugenics and genocide, which isn’t what is going on here.

TurkishPoptart• 2 years ago

That's right. Ugly cities are equitable!

spoonjim• 2 years ago

What about their inalienable right to the patch of sidewalk directly amidst a major international event?

imtringued• 2 years ago

Blocking public infrastructure is a privilege of the rich.

moidesfgf• 2 years ago

Wow. I had no idea that the uncountable number of tents blocking my commute to work were in fact “the rich”! I wonder which one Bezos is in?

skulk• 2 years ago

Stunning lack of empathy (and a healthy dose of DRTFA) on display in the comments. The point isn't that undesirables get cleaned up during Olympics, it's that it's being done in a way that's not humane. There are support networks in place that people are being ripped out of and not being replaced.

“They are hiding the misery under the rug,” he said. “If this really was a dignified solution to the problem, people would be fighting to get on the buses. They’re not. We are in the process of making life impossible for these people and those who support them.”

jordanb• 2 years ago

Stunning lack of empathy

Which is very typical of HN and the tech community in general. Maybe the downturn will reset tech people's humility a bit.

JSDevOps• 2 years ago

This happens for anything these days. dignitaries arriving. Even when the circus F1 is in town.

Homeless people removed from Paris region in pre-Olympics 'social cleansing'

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