The US Social forum has Left momentos

Although it has been gone for about ten days now, the US Social Forum has made sure they were not forgotten. A simple walk through the park where they held their big June 26th rally offered a reminder that these thinkers of bigger things and doers of greater goods than the rest of us, and by the rest of us we mean folks with jobs and real responsibilities, had forgotten something. They failed to clear the park thoroughly of their debris, at least as of yesterday.

Strewn between trees and across a little steel decorative bridge were the pennants representing many of the participating groups. An idle piece of paper could be seen on the grass as well. It was not a true mess, to be fair, but still, they did not adequately clean up after themselves. These folks of the post no bills type left their bills all across the park.

We're sure it was a mere oversight, for protectors of the environment surely do not support open littering. Yet it does offer us an interesting view of such groups. It suggests that the little things, especially the little things done by the Social Forumers and their ilk, are not so important as the great big issues out there which they mean to draw to our attention. There's no need to bother about detail when the Detroit incinerator is killing everyone. What's few pennants in light of that?

Not much, except that it is common practice, not to mention simply decency, to pick up after yourself. But we doubt that anyone will venture back from inner city Chicago or the West Virginia coal mines merely to clean up. There's surely something else somewhere else more important. In the meantime, we see where your interest truly lies. And don't worry, we'll dispose of your rubbish properly. We'll fuel the incinerator with it.