Occupy protests in your area

[Krion_Vark]

The one in my city got shut down and fined...
Then the whole movement disbanded in the area.
Then the trolls moved in on the facebook page.

Also they ruined the park.

How did they get shut-down? Really, i'm curious.

My guess they didn't get the proper permits. Yeah you actually need permits to have a protest. It may seem stupid but its also because they can really really disrupt the way things work.

For a protest to be viable, it has to be visible. To be visible in this age, you have to be conspicuous. To be conspicuous, you have to be inconvenient.

I probably should have clarified my point more. If the protest disrupts things like Traffic and makes it a hazard and does not allow cops and medics to get around they can be shut down and arrested if they do not comply with the officers and move to a different spot.
Thats the way I have seen multiple protests shut down in my town at least.

 

[justsomegirl]

the end game for this movement? There is NEVER an "endgame" the world will always keep changing and evolving. But the purpose of this movement is to raise awareness, to a corrupt system of banks, corporations, and politicians. Even if this movement fades away, the fact that it happened at all has already showed that there are people who care about whats happening. More people then ever now are aware of whats going on, and they will not go away.

Again your second question implies that we will reach a finishing point and everything will be solved, its never that easy. The occupy movement is trying (some would say failing) to raise awareness, thats all it is. We do not plan on storming parliament, we do not plan on hurting anyone, just simply inform. I can tell that you are against the movement from the way you are asking the questions. But please, research the issues yourself, don't listen to the news about the movement, they are part of the problem.

I don't want to get into politics, i want to make movies. This is simply a problem that is happening in the world, and i am just trying to let people know that researching yourself if ALWAYS the best way to find the truth.

If you honestly want to get informed about the movement i can send you a couple of links to a few good news sits online. But if you don't care and you were only trying to bother me just ignore me

Question everything anyone tells you, Even me. Research everything on your own and then you will begin to understand what is wrong with the system.

http://www.realnews24.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG8_5HWqan4
This one applies to canadian's but the basic system of money creation for most countries is almost exactly the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Zl1Wax8MI

You have stated that their is no end goal of the Occupy movement other than raising awareness. My question is then, when does everyone pack up tent city and go home?

(I don't mean this in a snarky "get off my public park you darn kids" way, but in a "if there's no endpoint, are you actually going to camp out forever?" way. It just seems like that's infeasible for a protest. Who is supporting them (food/clothing/shelter) if they are never going to stop protesting?)

 

[justsomegirl]

I think the bulk of protesters really don't know what they are protesting and the idea that there is any commonality between the protests in every country is silly as issues are rarely the same country to country.

I agree with this.

In my town, the "manifesto" of the Occupy protest states that they are in solidarity with the Arab Spring movements. I find that to be a little disrespectful of those movements, who were (in my mind anyway) protesting much more pressing matters and were in much greater danger than Occupy protesters here.

 

[SonicKoala]

I will also say, that before enacting my counter-protest, I asked them some rather imprtent questions. Like...

What was your occupation before deciding to protest?
While you were in College what was your Major?
Do you understand how Capitalism works?
Do you own any sort of modern technology?

Now, here's a good example of why i find these people idiotic.

"What was your occupation before deciding to protest?"
<color=green>"I didn't have a job, I've been on Welfare since I moved out."
"While you were in College, what was your Major?"
<color=crimson>"Liberal Arts, there's no jobs for us. It's all because of the 1% pigs."
"You understand that Liberal Arts has been a dead Major for some time, right?"
<color=crimson>"No."
"Do you know how Capitalism works?"
<color=blue>"Capitalism? Isn't that what the Soviet Union was based off of?"
"Do you own any sort of modern technology?"
<color=red>"Yeah, I just bought an iPhone 4S yesterday."

Granted there were SOME people there for the right reasons, but the majority of them were just plain lazy. Now, either the people who live in my town are stupid idiots or this whole OWS movement is because college kids are too lazy to put some effort into a decent Major.

I also plan on studying either Majoring in Engineering or in Information Technologies.

Hm, alright, fair enough. I suppose if those are the sorts of people you've had interactions with, it's hard to blame you for holding that opinion. Personally, it baffles me when people have this misconception that they can get their four year degree in whatever they choose to study and the working world will subsequently embrace them with open arms the second they graduate. If you're going to go the root of the liberal arts, you could at least take that and go on to graduate school or something which will give you additional training.

 

[Rin Little]

I'm near the Pittsburgh area but I haven't heard anything recently about the Occupy Oakland thing. I've mostly ignored it cuz nothing's really gonna go anywhere with it.

 

[Khanht Cope]

Again the protestors and their sillyness are conclusive proof for anyone sensible not to endorse them.

You're entire post is HEAVILY opinionated and offers only mudslinging. What other way is there to swiftly discredit a multi-national collective of hundreds of thousands of people? that's essentially what prejudice is.

'I propose we disregard this collective out of hand based on the pre-established notion of their inferiority. They will fail because failure and derision is their way of life'.... but in the end the civil rights movements came through. =)

An unbiased man would extend more respect to a collective of this scope.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

The one in my city got shut down and fined...
Then the whole movement disbanded in the area.
Then the trolls moved in on the facebook page.

Also they ruined the park.

How did they get shut-down? Really, i'm curious.

My guess they didn't get the proper permits. Yeah you actually need permits to have a protest. It may seem stupid but its also because they can really really disrupt the way things work.

For a protest to be viable, it has to be visible. To be visible in this age, you have to be conspicuous. To be conspicuous, you have to be inconvenient.

I probably should have clarified my point more. If the protest disrupts things like Traffic and makes it a hazard and does not allow cops and medics to get around they can be shut down and arrested if they do not comply with the officers and move to a different spot.
Thats the way I have seen multiple protests shut down in my town at least.

It is a worthy clarification, that is why I included a reservation for the necessity of individual level responsibility in these protests. The individual should understand it is not their right to needlessly endanger the lives of others with their movement. Being conscious of this should compel each individual of their obligation, not to the protest but as a decent human, to move out of the way for emergency vehicles. If the OWS can achieve individual responsibility to their cause, and their own humanity, they will be unimpeachable.

 

[Blobpie]

In Calgary we have (or rather had) two camps, one is essentially disbanded now (they were all homeless people so the city sent in workers to help them find homes)

And the other one said they aren't going to disband... and currently winter JUST popped in so they are going to have one hell of a time eh?

 

[TheRundownRabbit]

None round here, but if their was...hey, I won't bother them if they don't bother me, end of story.

 

[kinggamecat]

They showed up at Comic-con here in Winnipeg, I mean yeah it SEEMS like a good cause, but we need Capitalism, would they rather have everyone down in an economical homeless shelter metaphorically, or let a few businesses get stomped out by big brand companies and keep our economy alive? Is anyone with me on that?

 

[SimpleJack]

My opinion is that people are giving too much of a shit...

Everyone has the power to get rich, people just need to chill out.

 

[Adultism]

Wow, Wrong topic, Sorry for the irrelevant post.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

Peaceful, while they lasted, but who ever the damned idiot in charge of police decided "Hey, our city is full of murder, drug sales, and general unjustful law breaking. Let's waste our man power and money on the peaceful protesters camping out in the park."
Fuck tards.
So they have disbanded the whole occupy thing and now rally during the day only.

But seriously, they're was a huge ammount of injury in the innitial "Insert police cock assault" part, 99% protester.

 

[loc978]

Nearest major city is about 30 miles from me, and yes, some idiots tried to occupy a park downtown. A bunch got arrested. Much as I agree with the sentiment they display, the actions they're taking are worse than ineffective... they essentially gave themselves as an example of what happens to those who refuse to work within the system... a warning to others who might try to remove their toes from the line.
George Carlin was right.

 

[Sagacious Zhu]

Occupy Oakland got pretty ugly quickly. The mayor really hit them hard early one morning and scattered the bulk of the group with riot cops.

Seriously though, if the Occupiers don't do something soon, they're going to be dead in the water before the new year. They're not generating as much news as they used to be and the media has been reluctant to deal with them now that uglier stories have been coming out of the camps.

They need to write up a mission statement and define a goal or they're going to be washed out by the first big NYC storm

 

[Aesir23]

Yeah, there was one camp on the grounds of the Legislature Building here in Winnipeg. I'm not sure if they're still there anymore though since I haven't heard anything about it in recent days. They've probably disbanded by now since we're starting to head into winter weather.

EDIT:\\ My mistake, apparently it's still going.

 

[Legit101]

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[lacktheknack]

Occupy Edmonton? Considering how incredibly downtrodden and poor our city isn't, there's not much of a movement.

And of the actual protesters, the only thing I've heard from them has been them threatening to kill a radio DJ... on air. WELL DONE, PEOPLE.

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Well, sadly, yes. Not because I don't think it's a good thing, but they plan on ruining a perfectly fun parade that we have on New Years (Rose Parade). That isn't sticking it up to the greedy corporations, that's ruining hundreds of thousands of peoples' day.

 

[BabyRaptor]

Went down to the local one. I live in a heavily TeaBagger area, so the entire thing was tense. The cops were out there making sure that the small group of guys standing around waving guns and shouting insults didn't do anything stupid.

Needless to say, I didn't hang around long. Gun nuts scare me.