tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post1612692834414037856..comments2024-01-22T18:22:29.391-08:00Comments on hedera's corner: Looking at the Occupationhederahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-55168953832755393172011-11-04T13:36:32.717-07:002011-11-04T13:36:32.717-07:00Hedera: I remember years ago when the office I wo...Hedera: I remember years ago when the office I worked in looked out over the UN Plaza in San Francisco--where that Halprin Fountain is and nearby there's a lawn with some trees planted. <br /><br />During the AIDS vigil, they set up tents the same way they are doing now. The tents got more settled, then more crowded, and even more settled. It went on for months. Ostensibly they were "passing out information" and providing a public service, but in reality it was a bunch of homeless people who were camping on public property. They pissed all over the place, and threw their trash about. They didn't bathe. They stank. The place became an eyesore. The city refused to do anything about it. "We can't act; they're AIDS victims. We can't be seen to be persecuting them." Then one afternoon, someone in the adjacent building to ours called the police: "There're some people camping out in front of my building, and they've become a nuisance. Could you please remove them?" And, lo and behold, the police came and removed them (it took about 6 hourse). Apparently, this was all the legality it took to effect the action--a private citizen making a direct complaint.<br /><br />I'm all for changing the banking regs, and restoring our progressive tax rates, and getting out of the Middle East, and bringing American jobs back from overseas (and spanking China hard on the backside for all their selfish dealings)--but this "Occupy" movement has no platform, no integrated agenda. It's ultimately just a bunch of pissed-off people each of whom seems to have a different gripe. It's nutty. <br /><br />In the 1930's, when people did stuff like this, they hired Pinkerton guards to billy-club them and spread disinformation etc. It's good that we don't do that any more. But if you're going to demonstrate, at least make it look like a demonstration, instead of a free campground.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.com