A Missoula Art ll - Sec 4 political picnic (revisited)...
1 view
Skip to first unread message
Rick
Apr 23, 2010, 12:54:08 PM4/23/10
to MissouaSocialCenter
HEALTH: Controversial cuisine: FOOD NOT BOMBS
In Alex Sakariassen's short article in the Missoula Independent News,
today, Thursday, April 22, 2010, he writes:"A weekly vegetarian
potluck outside the Missoula County Courthouse has sparked a civil
liberties flap between local health officials and a decentralized
group of peace activists called Food Not Bombs. The Missoula City-
County Health Department confirms two inspectors approached Food Not
Bombs during its weekly gathering Sunday evening and asked members to
stop serving food. According to Environmental Health Supervisor
Shannon Therriault, any organization that serves food to the public
must have a service permit and pass a city-county review."
see http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/health/Content?oid=1247859
for the rest of the story.
Yet, if one looks at Webster's definition of an organization ... "an
administrative and functional structure (as a business or a political
party); also : the personnel of such a structure," one need read no
further.
Basically, an organization is systematically arranged and managed to
meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis. All
organizations have a management structure that determines
relationships between functions and positions, and subdivides and
delegates roles, responsibilities, and authority to carry out defined
tasks.
And there's the rub. Food Not Bombs is NOT an organization. It is an
unmanageable, co-operative of individuals who gather to share food,
sort of like you, your family and friends out for a picnic or
gathering for a potluck.
That the City/State can and does object to people openly sharing free
food and connections, isn't a suprise to anyone. In Daniel Quinn's
Book Ishmael, (see http://www.ishmael.com/welcome.cfm) the pupil is US
and Ishmael is an intellegent Ape (Imagine that!). We learn that
10,000 years ago, there was a shift in consciousness in the near east
and the hunting/gathering culture of small tribes of individuals
living off the land (defined as a leaver culture) was suddenly shifted
to a sedentary farming/animal husbandry culture (defined as a taker
culture). As this taker culture grew, it organized itself into a
community to protect itself from outside attacks by forming a
government to lock away its resources (namely FOOD). It expanded
rapidly outward, conquering the smaller diverse leavers and as the old
cliche goes, "the rest is history."
Consequently, FOOD NOT BOMBS chapters have been around since,
"...Boston in 1980, It was started by activists involved in the anti-
nuclear movement, Food Not Bombs has blossomed into a worldwide,
grassroots, political movement of over 175 autonomous chapters. Each
Food Not Bombs group serves free food to people in need and in support
of political organizing efforts.
Food Not Bombs believes that society and government should value human
life over material wealth, human need not corporate greed, and that
most of its problems stem from this simple crisis in values." see
http://sffnb.org/history/
It's well past time for our Big Brother government to support the
efforts of activists who are making a diffence in people's lives in
their local communities.
If you want to keep up with my case concerning Montanan's Fundamental
Rights and/or read these important briefs:
On the internet go to:
http://fnweb1.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/custom/sll/SLL_FN_Home.htm
Click on: Supreme Court Case Number
Enter either ( DA 09-0675 ) in the box and click search; or
Click on: Party search name and enter Gold;
Next click on Gold v. State and then click on Appelant Brief first
then the 2 other briefs and new windows will pop up with pdfs which
you can save and read.
As always,
Think about this and I'd like to encourage your comments about this
important topic.
Feel free to follow this important Case.
happy earth day,
peace,
Rick Gold
Missoula, MT
http://mtlegal.blogspot.com/
http://mtlegal.wordpress.com/
--
Subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/missouasocialcenter/subscribe?hl=en
In Alex Sakariassen's short article in the Missoula Independent News,
today, Thursday, April 22, 2010, he writes:"A weekly vegetarian
potluck outside the Missoula County Courthouse has sparked a civil
liberties flap between local health officials and a decentralized
group of peace activists called Food Not Bombs. The Missoula City-
County Health Department confirms two inspectors approached Food Not
Bombs during its weekly gathering Sunday evening and asked members to
stop serving food. According to Environmental Health Supervisor
Shannon Therriault, any organization that serves food to the public
must have a service permit and pass a city-county review."
see http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/health/Content?oid=1247859
for the rest of the story.
Yet, if one looks at Webster's definition of an organization ... "an
administrative and functional structure (as a business or a political
party); also : the personnel of such a structure," one need read no
further.
Basically, an organization is systematically arranged and managed to
meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis. All
organizations have a management structure that determines
relationships between functions and positions, and subdivides and
delegates roles, responsibilities, and authority to carry out defined
tasks.
And there's the rub. Food Not Bombs is NOT an organization. It is an
unmanageable, co-operative of individuals who gather to share food,
sort of like you, your family and friends out for a picnic or
gathering for a potluck.
That the City/State can and does object to people openly sharing free
food and connections, isn't a suprise to anyone. In Daniel Quinn's
Book Ishmael, (see http://www.ishmael.com/welcome.cfm) the pupil is US
and Ishmael is an intellegent Ape (Imagine that!). We learn that
10,000 years ago, there was a shift in consciousness in the near east
and the hunting/gathering culture of small tribes of individuals
living off the land (defined as a leaver culture) was suddenly shifted
to a sedentary farming/animal husbandry culture (defined as a taker
culture). As this taker culture grew, it organized itself into a
community to protect itself from outside attacks by forming a
government to lock away its resources (namely FOOD). It expanded
rapidly outward, conquering the smaller diverse leavers and as the old
cliche goes, "the rest is history."
Consequently, FOOD NOT BOMBS chapters have been around since,
"...Boston in 1980, It was started by activists involved in the anti-
nuclear movement, Food Not Bombs has blossomed into a worldwide,
grassroots, political movement of over 175 autonomous chapters. Each
Food Not Bombs group serves free food to people in need and in support
of political organizing efforts.
Food Not Bombs believes that society and government should value human
life over material wealth, human need not corporate greed, and that
most of its problems stem from this simple crisis in values." see
http://sffnb.org/history/
It's well past time for our Big Brother government to support the
efforts of activists who are making a diffence in people's lives in
their local communities.
If you want to keep up with my case concerning Montanan's Fundamental
Rights and/or read these important briefs:
On the internet go to:
http://fnweb1.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/custom/sll/SLL_FN_Home.htm
Click on: Supreme Court Case Number
Enter either ( DA 09-0675 ) in the box and click search; or
Click on: Party search name and enter Gold;
Next click on Gold v. State and then click on Appelant Brief first
then the 2 other briefs and new windows will pop up with pdfs which
you can save and read.
As always,
Think about this and I'd like to encourage your comments about this
important topic.
Feel free to follow this important Case.
happy earth day,
peace,
Rick Gold
Missoula, MT
http://mtlegal.blogspot.com/
http://mtlegal.wordpress.com/
--
Subscription settings: http://groups.google.com/group/missouasocialcenter/subscribe?hl=en
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages