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Hi, just added the "In some cities...line of duty" section. I'm not sure how widespread these usages are. I know in the Boston area "square" basically just means an area with a lot of stores and stuff (or, as I also added, just an intersection named after somebody). Are these two usages found in other cities? If so, please remove "In the Boston area" or add other places where this usage is seen. If not, change "some cities" to "greater Boston." Or possibly I will do some research and find out for myself. Foxmulder 03:39, 13 August 2005 (UTC)
- I would call this a metaphorical use of the term. Lots of shopping areas are called "plaza," "square," or "place" (not to mention "mall," the granddaddy of them all) to link them to the traditional idea of a community market space. However, this information might be appropriate for the market square and shopping mall articles. --Tysto 15:56, 2005 August 13 (UTC)
[edit] 1989 tiananmen protests
to characterize the 1989 protests as "anti-communist" is inaccurate. many of the protestors, both students and workers, were self-avowed communists who believed that they were protesting in the name of communism (although their viewpoints were not necessarily the same - the students/intellectuals tended to think the economic reforms had not gone far enough while the workers actually tended to think the opposite). it would be more correct to label the protests as "anti-government" or "anti-corruption", or even "pro-democracy"
