The Occupy Uprising....
Nov 18th 2011, 2:05 am
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Just because some two-bit reporter from the Orlando local paper calls it a "protest" doesn't cut much ice with me. Or I suspect with you.
I don't think it has to change or that it will change anything unless or until resonances are struck within the broader aspects of societies. Ok. But as I said, all it has to do right now is to keep growing which it's doing rather well.
And, due respect to your mother, but despite being focussed, Greenham Common didn't get a result. Do you think these layabouts haven't learnt anything since then?
I don't think it has to change or that it will change anything unless or until resonances are struck within the broader aspects of societies. Ok. But as I said, all it has to do right now is to keep growing which it's doing rather well.
And, due respect to your mother, but despite being focussed, Greenham Common didn't get a result. Do you think these layabouts haven't learnt anything since then?
http://www.greenhamwpc.org.uk/
Nov 18th 2011, 2:09 am
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Just because some two-bit reporter from the Orlando local paper calls it a "protest" doesn't cut much ice with me. Or I suspect with you.
I don't think it has to change or that it will change anything unless or until resonances are struck within the broader aspects of societies. Ok. But as I said, all it has to do right now is to keep growing which it's doing rather well.
And, due respect to your mother, but despite being focussed, Greenham Common didn't get a result. Do you think these layabouts haven't learnt anything since then?
I don't think it has to change or that it will change anything unless or until resonances are struck within the broader aspects of societies. Ok. But as I said, all it has to do right now is to keep growing which it's doing rather well.
And, due respect to your mother, but despite being focussed, Greenham Common didn't get a result. Do you think these layabouts haven't learnt anything since then?
Nov 18th 2011, 3:10 am
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Nov 18th 2011, 3:18 am
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Au contraire Prof Novo, Greenham Common Peace Camp was a highly effective protest:
http://www.greenhamwpc.org.uk/
http://www.greenhamwpc.org.uk/
Nov 18th 2011, 3:48 am
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
I sympathised with their cause at the time, but I don't think they personally achieved the result; that would be the soviet union collapsing in on itself did that. Some people credit reagan for this, but I think it would have happened anyway regardless of what us policy was.
If Occupy had just remained a Wall St and possibly London protest against financial institutions then perhaps it might've been just as effective. Time will tell. My view is that its growth around the world has diluted it's impact, ironically. Let's see ...
Nov 18th 2011, 4:18 am
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Our banners read only: Behold your future executioners!
Nov 18th 2011, 4:20 am
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Nov 18th 2011, 8:20 am
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LOVED that! 
Nov 18th 2011, 12:47 pm
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Made me smile.....
Nov 18th 2011, 2:11 pm
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Nov 18th 2011, 2:13 pm
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Nov 18th 2011, 2:27 pm
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For no obvious reason, I am pleased to report that I have spent my morning so far discussing slags with a bloke in Boston. And, I'm paying him for it.
Nov 18th 2011, 2:35 pm
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
I'm managing a complex recovery involving disparate platforms and technologies, I pimped a small job and I'm about to focus on the major issue of the day; how many screws, how many nails and how much glop for the 70 sheets of drywall we intend to pick up this weekend?