“be peace now” commands this stereotypical Berkeley street denizen.
In a strange way, it’s reassuring that some places actually live up to their reputations.
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1Stone K on Sep 21, 2008 at 10:11 pm:
Scary… Mostly because these people exist…
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2DangerousNate on Sep 22, 2008 at 5:21 am:
Mommy! Make the scary man go away.
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3Fenris on Sep 22, 2008 at 8:00 am:
Shift from a concrete form to…an abstract concept that’s largely impermanent. Immediately.
Noted.
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4Ringo the Gringo on Sep 22, 2008 at 1:50 pm:
Is this person simply pan-handling or is he actually collecting donations for something?
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5Ken on Sep 24, 2008 at 3:45 pm:
They only come out at night…or in this case, during the day.
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6Lannister on Sep 24, 2008 at 8:10 pm:
I don’t understand the choice for a witch costume. It just doesn’t make any sense. Who thinks to themselves “Yeah this witch costume will really lend credibility to my obscure message”.
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7Seien on Oct 16, 2008 at 5:23 am:
These people seem more like street attractions; they’re surely not really dangerous. The real dangerous people are the “fashionable non-conformists”, I’d imagine.
Lannister, if I had any faith in his wit, I’d suggest that the witch costume is a smart reference to the common criticisms levelled at McCarthy’s “witch hunts” - but I’m more inclined to believe he’s just insane.
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