Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Update on "Occupy" Movement

Two quick things...

FIRST, I thought these words were a great way to illustrate my point about the "Occupy" people not being entirely united in their cause:

"This movement is more than just the people versus the police," Mario Fernandez said. "It's about the people trying to have their rights to basic services."

This quote comes from this article in the Huffingtonpost: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/25/occupy-oakland-protest-police-protesters-clash_n_1031879.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl7|sec1_lnk3|107621

What basic services are they referring to? I thought this was about corporate greed, and about how the rich have all the money and that that was "SO UNFAIR". I guess that idea was wrong.


SECOND, an absolutley unfortunate incident, at least the first to make it on the news anyway, occurred in the "occupy Dallas" arena this week. A woman, a protester, was sexually assaulted by a fellow male protester. This incident, unfortunately for the "Occupy" people, will definitely hurt the movement I think. So many people will no doubt see this as a testimony of the caliber of people that are protesting.

Go home occupiers. Go home, change your lives, WORK FOR WHAT YOU WANT IN LIFE. The sky is your only limit here is this great land of America.

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