Day that forever changed the city

The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Sun, May. 08, 2005 | By Larry Eichel

[moonman]

LOL I worked at Graterford from 10/77 to 01/81.

[moonman]

Did Ramona ever get the final operation? LOL

[Chode]

well that explains the background, but i still have no idea what "JIGGY" is supposed to mean... sounds like a word a white person would do well to stay away from... but what do i know 8^)

[blackdog]

Yes, you worked with my father. Not a job for the emotionally or physically frail. What a place eh?

Florida still nice for you?

We'll never go back to Pennsylvania, although we miss much of the traditions of the area.

[blackdog]

The urban thesarus would also have "down" next to jiggy. Enamoured perhaps. Let it slide in favor. Pleased with or accepting, but not expressing it specifically.

That's my use of jiggy since you aksed.

[baseballmom]

And don't forget the absolute SHODDY workmanship on those new houses whose contracts were given to their City Hall buddies. I read that repairs still go on - 20 years later.

[Mears]

I agree with all you said.

I remember the day well and said the same thing----those poor children deserved better parents and I slept well also.

[blackdog]

Next week, we'll discuss "Bucket" as used in urban areas. That's a spicy one.

[blackdog]

It's a Dickins world out there, and government is supposed to be good. It's individual people who will do you harm. When the government and it's institutions come s a callin, it's not supposed to blow up buildings, burn down neighborhoods, or kill people.

Up is down and good is bad.

The facts surrounding Branch Davidians and MOVE are more common than different. Same result. Do you sleep well as on both? If so, you're situational in your ethics.

[blackdog]

If you researched the MOVE kids and mothers, you'd realize that the children were very well cared for. Granted very differently, but in very good health and some were not before they joined in with MOVE. No drugs, no alchohol, no processed foods. They lived like bushmen in Africa do. They crapped in the yard, used no utilities to speak, ate mostly raw foods, practiced polygamy, and cherished their kids. Perhaps irresponsibly when weighed against state interests and power, but they were all very healthy children and like I said earlier, two with diabetes became blood sugar stable while living within the MOVE house.

[moonman]

Your dad, 'Sarge' was a great guy.

We will never return to PA to live either. I love it here in Florida.

Glad to see you are still a FReeper. :)

[Chode]

thanxklot... just showing my ignorance i guess as i've never come across it here before

[cycjec]

>A horrible day in the history of Philadelphia.

That's what I think, but I'm open to discussion.
Really there must have been a better way to deal
with MOVE. Glad someone posted this article, hate
to have this episode totally forgotten

[Chode]

does it start something: like There was an old man from Nantucket, who... 8^) i live in the boondocks so this is new stuff to me

[blackdog]

The problem was that normally, you pay such people to go away or entice them to leave with material gains. Unfortunately, those motivational tactics were useless to Delbert Africa and the more anti-social they became only validated their movement in their own minds, yet further alienated them from any help from possible sources of sympathy within the liberal collective mind inside city government.

They were being studied plenty and there was no reason they had to die. Sadly enough, once your domicile is refered to in the media as a "compound" and it is observed that you are taking steps to prevent an assault on your family by police, it's called "fortifying your bunker", the pavlovian word-keys have been issued to unlock the dogs of war.

[blackdog]

I find urban slang fascinating and culturaly important. I live more boonies than you I bet(I'm a sheep rancher). To me it displays a creativity which is a form of poetry. Complex phrase meanings turned into one word slang are interesting and art-worthy. Certain courtesy's, insults, physical descriptions, etc....become very rich with urban slang. The english language can be very microspecific in meaning. Adjust it a little here and there and it becomes quite a canvas.

Just hope your wife or girlfriend has never been refered to as a bucket.......Or if your date asks you if you like snowballing, take a pass on that one.....

[Chode]

well i guess i don't have to worry about that one as anybody living within at least a twenty mile radius of us would tell you a bucket is for water, then again there are no urbanites hereabouts either and we don't know anybody who would have those terms known to them either... what kills me is that anything can mean anything anymore and what one urbanite thinks is cool might get another one across the street or across the country killed...