[Noisebridge-discuss] [Drama] Fwd: [Noisebridge-announce] Important Noisebridge Procedural Changes

[rachel lyra hospodar]

Let me rephrase, then:

The entire time I have been associated with Noisebridge, it has been a
place where people do drugs, as well as exchange them. Hell, our membership
process had a freebie for the house built in. Do we still make new kids buy
beer? Do we let new kids come and play anymore?

The change in the attitude within our micro-culture towards drug use has
been in relation to our own internal demographic shifts as well as outer
socioeconomic pressures shifting what is happening in the neighborhood at
large - now there is more meth in the neighborhood & city, because there
are more people left as burned out husks in the wake of radical economic
shifts, who see so little hope they have no reason not to do meth.
On Mar 26, 2014 8:25 AM, "Gregory Dillon" <gregorydillon at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've lived in the neighborhood a long time, and I'm not really sure but I
> think you just unfairly put down my neighborhood.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 11:16 AM, rachel lyra hospodar <
> rachelyra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That's always happened. That will always happen. The amount that it
>> happens relates to socioeconomic conditions outside of Noisebridge.
>>  On Mar 26, 2014 8:10 AM, "William Sargent" <will.sargent at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Meth is bad, don't get me wrong. It's provably toxic to people who use
>>> it. I think it's interesting to try and contextualize increased meth use in
>>> the space with shifts in the broader socioeconomic context that supports
>>> nosiebridge.
>>>
>>> Want less homeless drug users doing drugs that make themselves worse?
>>>
>>> Build a better society.
>>>
>>> It's a false choice.  We can both build a better society AND make
>>> Noisebridge a place where people understand it's not appropriate to use or
>>> offer people illegal drugs.
>>>
>>> Because using and/or offering illegal drugs in the space makes people
>>> feel unsafe.  And then they leave.
>>>
>>> Will.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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> Let's stay in touch.  Greg
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