the homeless are all crack addicts, apparently.
I just sent this mail off to info@downtowncalgary.com which is an address I found here.
To Whom It May Concern,
I've seen your ad campaign, and it's completely revolting. You're damn lucky I'm a US citizen in the state of Maine and not living there in Calgary, because heads would roll. We'd NEVER stand for such blatent stereotyping here in Portland. You should be ashamed of yourselves. You're not helping ANYBODY by spreading that crap around. Maybe you should address some of the actual REASONS that SOME of the homeless end up drug addicts over. Maybe if they had some goddamn hope in the world they wouldn't feel the need for a chemical escape.
quite sincerely,
Joshua Beane
To Whom It May Concern,
I've seen your ad campaign, and it's completely revolting. You're damn lucky I'm a US citizen in the state of Maine and not living there in Calgary, because heads would roll. We'd NEVER stand for such blatent stereotyping here in Portland. You should be ashamed of yourselves. You're not helping ANYBODY by spreading that crap around. Maybe you should address some of the actual REASONS that SOME of the homeless end up drug addicts over. Maybe if they had some goddamn hope in the world they wouldn't feel the need for a chemical escape.
quite sincerely,
Joshua Beane