tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post828366168209463668..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: A few odd itemsKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-57319505368857144622015-01-26T11:48:31.028-05:002015-01-26T11:48:31.028-05:00Malls I do not miss. The Crossgates Mall near her...Malls I do not miss. The Crossgates Mall near here I avoid like the plague. Not only did it invade environmentally sensitive land, but this: <br /><br />At the beginning of the Iraq War in March 2003, the mall became the center of a free speech controversy when Selkirk resident (and director of the Albany Office of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct) Stephen Downs was arrested by the Guilderland Police after he refused to leave the mall or remove the T-shirt he had just purchased, which read "Peace on Earth". After an immediate protest of over 100 local residents who went to the mall the next day wearing anti-war t-shirts of their own, the mall dropped the charges.[5] A few days later, a larger protest was held at the mall, with many of the protesters sporting anti-war clothing.<br /><br />So malls are not the public square but private property. They are not usually accessible by foot or bike, and are bad for the country, IMLTHO. Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-81263062694684663282015-01-26T08:26:17.645-05:002015-01-26T08:26:17.645-05:00I miss malls too but the benches they had to sit o...I miss malls too but the benches they had to sit on were ALWAYS uncomfortable!!!! At least the ones at the Olean Center mall were!!!!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118374128614619378noreply@blogger.com