420 Moves to Ashuelot Park
Filed under: Announcement, Civil Disobedience, Issues, National, Personal Freedom
Keene’s Central Square was empty yesterday as the daily 420 celebrations have been moved to the beautiful Ashuelot park at West and Island St!
Celebration spokesman Rich Paul wouldn’t cite reasons for the venue change and encouraged readers to decide for themselves. Celebrants cleaning up some garbage in the park noticed the city’s cans were nearly overflowing! This has been a problem at other city parks in the past and is more proof that the violent monopoly can’t even handle the garbage. It would seem likely that the city’s janitors don’t work weekends and holidays, which are the times they are needed most!
As Rich says, “420, Ashuelot park, everyday”.
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16 Comments on 420 Moves to Ashuelot Park
Ashuelot park is far prettier. I would definitely rather hang out there 
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I think this is a wise move, on a number of levels. More room too! Bravo to Rich, and all who participate. I don’t smoke pot, but I look forward to picnicking there in solidarity.
I know I personally opposed topless tuesdays before, but I think Tuesdays in Ashuelot park would be an absolutely reasonable time and place for those who consider breasts non-sexual to enjoy going topless.
Perhaps there needs to be some open carry trash can emptying 
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Are non-celebrants going to be able to witness it from there? That seemed like one of the perks of central square, was that it got a lot of bystanders to see the laws being openly challenged. If nobody sees it in this new park, what’s the point? I don’t live in Keene yet, so I’m not criticizing, just asking.
It is visible from the road to an extent, and there also pedestrians. I think publicity in print, online, and radio reaches more anyway — and I’d say most in Keene are already aware of the 420 by now.
To me, the main purpose of this kind of event is to demonstrate that one is not afraid, that one will not change one’s life simply to fit the whim of immoral laws. In addition, this event takes some of the teeth out of the fear mongering. People can see that these are normal people just enjoying their day, and harming nobody. Finally, it gives police an opportunity to use their discretion to choose not to arrest peaceful people, and it provides people with an opportunity to use pot without fear of arrest.
If this can be considered a normal and accepted part of Keene life, we have won.
Only parts of the park are visible from the road. Today we were not visible from the road. However, we are more visible to the many people using the park on a pretty day.
It’s good ammo against the critics that say these people are just out for attention too…
Yes,the servants of the people shouldn’t get weekends and holidays off.What a bunch of crap.Just because they work for the city,they should be subject to your verbal (written) abuse? They are not your ‘janitors’.How did the garbage get there?By someone carrying it in.Well,they can carry it out,too.Same with the dog crap.There are lots of volunteers that also clean up the park,and take care of the flowers and trees,too.It is a nice place to hold your event,even though it is run by lazy,violent oppressors.Can’t there be any positive story without criticising someone? Sheesh! Enjoy the park,and remember that the nice weather we are enjoying is absolutely free,no-one was threatened to get it,and it costs the same if you are a millionaire or broke! —bil
Bil,
Private business “serve” me better by keeping their trash cans empty. They don’t even forcibly extract money from me for the convenience of having usable cans nearby!
It’s my understanding that park is so beautiful because of the crew of volunteers who take care of it.
Absent the government, such parks could be completely run in a voluntary fashion, and that might include hiring a weekend janitorial crew. Surely you’ve heard of part-time work. The weekday guys don’t have to be the same people as is on weekends.
Wow… smoking marijuana… this is really “the topic” for Memorial Day – as I remember those friends, family and ancestors who gave their blood and lives for what freedoms we do enjoy? We could have done a little better for today.
And, we want less government yet whine when government doesn’t empty trash pails on a weekend? Seems like an awful lot of negativity and sniping, but perhaps just my impression…
Very true xrazor.
No Wes, I want no coercive government, not “less”. It’s not whining to point out how poor government is at doing things. An accurate observation is not equal to a complaint.
Wes, it sounds like you do believe in freedom, at least to an extent, and recognize we’ve lost many. How exactly, however, has any war conducted by the US government in at least the last six decades had anything to do with my freedom? Taking my money by force and using it to run around the world enforcing hegemony, killing innocents, and creating terorism hardly helps me be free. Quite the opposite.
If the military wanted to help me be free, they’d stand in between me and the federal government. No criminal, and no foreigner, comes even close to the amount of violence and coercion the US government employs and threatens against me, in order to enforce their arbitrary diktats on my property and my life. They’re the real threat to my freedom.
“Freedom” has become a slogan people pay empty lip service to in this country. It’s the excuse used to commit aggressive invasions, institute domestic spying, hold people without trial, destroy the fourth amendment, and restrict the liberties of one’s neighbor. It’s quite Orwellian.
I am sorry for the great loss experienced by many of those caught up in the modern military, and their families. It’s a tragedy. I think, though, to say it was for freedom, is simply not true.
The park was beautiful. Merriment ensued!
So,Ian,how much of the trash did you voluntarily take with you?Or did you just put more on top?I doubt that money was forcably removed from you to have empty cans.I have heard of the concept of part-time work.Have you? Who would pay for this-are you now in favor of violent thugs taking money from ME so you can have a trash-free environment to hang out in? Why not use some of your part time to take out the trash? I was there for several hours a few weeks ago,doing that very thing.I also have only gone to the park to clean up,and havent gotten to use it to hang out.Years ago someone told me about the concept of full-time work.And I try not to use it to finance goverment thuggery,I keep most of it for my own uses. —bil
Why are your soldiers over in the Middle East dying for nothing when they could be here fighting to regain the freedoms we’ve lost?
Two questions in one sentence-both of which I would like to see an answer for.However,I am fairly sure that anyone here is not responsible for either condition. —bil
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