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Tribes of nomadic people who live in large cities, they could
fashion clothes and weapons out of the waste that big
cities
generate, they could worship the neon gods who provide
them with the food, clothing and shelter that they need to
survive. Ofcourse these tribes would be nocturnal so
that
normal people would never cross paths with them, they
would solve the problems of feral animals and waste as they
would recycle things that can be found anywhere in a big
city.
They would live in an urban paradise praying to their gods
before a big hunt, dressed in their traditional costumes
made from blue and white plastic bags, road cone head
dresses and necklaces of the finest coke cans. They would
forage amongst the bountiful groves of trash cans for
delectable
morsels that can be found there. During the day they
would
retire to their cardboard and plastic bag houses under the
protective overhang of a bridge painted gold by the rising
sun.
Here's one of your heroes.....
http://www.ociw.edu...s/20_mud_people.jpg
[normzone, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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London already has "Tribes of nomadic people" who
"fashion clothes and weapons out of the waste that big
cities generate". |
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I think that's the point Gulherme's trying to make (not sure, though). |
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It does sound like a combination of London's homeless with the worst of its drunk students. (Not that I ever had a large yellow police cone in the corner of my room. No, not me. Had a flashing light on the top, too.) |
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They could have been making this into a Survivor in the City series. |
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I'm not talking about common bums here but tribes of
nomadic people who live in a city as Pygmies would live in
the congo or Dyacks would live in the forests of Borneo,
totally integrated into the environment, they wouldn't be
outcasts from society but sociteys within themselves. |
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Stick a shell of a computer housing on your head covered in graffiti, smother yourself in rat turds, run around waving a Gin bottle in the air and scream at the neon Gods then retreat to the safe haven of the gutter...reminds me of the canals of the East end of London. |
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Well if there was a tribe of hunter gatherers in the area
they would probably stamp out this sort of behavior very
quickly. |
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Chicago's 'StreetWise' newspaper clan? |
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Not certain anyone follows, bliss. |
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I'm with Gulherme on this one. Politically palatable, as it allows us to reclassify 'homeless' people to 'tribal' people. |
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Further work created, by the need for separate courts, community services, quangoes and the inevitable cultural spaces required to make the latest tribe a viable cultural entity in our newly tolerant, multicultural communities. |
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I think that alot of people who arn't stereotypical are
placed in a certain group and labled as a stereotype by
the media, the people then think thats what I am then
thats how I should act. |
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A good example of this is the Lebonese comunity in
Australian cities like Sydney, where the media blames alot
of gang related incidents on the Lebonese, this gives
them some sort of permission to behave the way they do
becuase its not really their fault because they are
Lebonese. It only leads to more incidents. |
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If everybody started changing negative stereotypes to
more positive ones then alot of negative traits would
dissapear as the people placed in those groups by public
oppinion realise that they are more important to socitey
than they previously realised. |
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People are amazed at the way that tribal people can be
self sufficient living in a forest or a desert, they don't
need to buy anything or work, but when people choose
this lifestyle in the city they are looked down on, and
have labels placed on them. |
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Writing this I was reminded of that scene in American
beauty with the "dancing" plastic bag, most people would
see that and think that its a peice of rubbish, but the guy
with the camera saw it and just saw the beauty. |
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[ Gulherme ] have you ever read shadows in the sun by Wade Davis ? or do you know of the Penan ?..investigate. |
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No I can't say I have but I'll look into it. |
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You're describing my lifestyle. BONE |
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