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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by rodderzzz
(Post 9733250)
My OH step brother has been working at Occupy Victoria in the kitchen that they've got set up there, he said that the whole occupy thing has become a joke that not even the protesters believe in. He was saying how the camp had become a small parody of the real world, in that most there were unemployed, drug users, homeless, and a small portion of them are employed and also doing all the work on the camp. They've also built some sort of wall around the kitchen and food tents because others kept stealing from there. My OH made the point that that is also similar to the real world, where the 1% have protected the wealth in the camp, and that maybe that's the way the world has to work for society to function. I think he's given up now! lol
Effective also because they are just generally 'not happy' and that is not a viable or credible alternative IMO. |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 9740536)
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?
Loath though I am to say this, Crappy Tire has quite a good drill attachment for drywall screws. It stops you from screwing in too far and breaking the paper, which is not something you want to do. One merely dimples. |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 9740544)
That's a lot of drywalling!
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 9740551)
It's to be a large-ish bathroom with an elaborate ceiling.
How about very large? I hope you're not using regular drywall around the bath/shower. |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 9740576)
Large-ish?
How about very large? I hope you're not using regular drywall around the bath/shower. |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by ireland2canada
(Post 9740584)
Drywall, around the bath? No, no. If the room is large enough to need 70 sheets of drywall, we will place the bath in the middle and have water poured by a couple of loin-clothed servants. Thus eliminating any splashing of walls.
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 9740526)
The hairdo is certainly tasteless. Many of the comments also but many people will agree with him. I wonder who sponsors him?
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. |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
For the crazy people on this thread who don't seem to understand what injustice is:-
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...louts-20111117 |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 9740660)
For the crazy people on this thread who don't seem to understand what injustice is:-
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...louts-20111117 I have to admit that I am with Oink on this one. Setting up tents will achieve little, beheading those responsible will achieve much more. I have to admit though that I still object to the 1% - 99% thing. Not everyone that has lots of money has done so dishonestly. Some have had a great idea and exploited it to the max. Tarring them all with the same brush is, IMO, a little disingenous. What about those that have worked in the public sector all their lives, have never moved country except when offered a job with a substantial pay increase, and have properties on two different continents? One suspects that, if such an example was given to those protesting at the Occupy protests, such a person would be deemed too greedy, should feel ashamed and have to give some back to those less well off. We all know that this isn't the case and that it was all deserved. If that is accepted, why can't Mr. Branson or Mr. Gates keep all of their wealth?:p |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 9740660)
For the crazy people on this thread who don't seem to understand what injustice is:-
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...louts-20111117 |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
(Post 9740693)
Not everyone that has lots of money has done so dishonestly.
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
(Post 9740693)
I don't believe that many are displaying a lack of understanding of injustice, merely, whether the efforts of the various occupy movements will achieve anything.
I have to admit that I am with Oink on this one. Setting up tents will achieve little, beheading those responsible will achieve much more.
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
(Post 9740693)
I have to admit though that I still object to the 1% - 99% thing. Not everyone that has lots of money has done so dishonestly. Some have had a great idea and exploited it to the max. Tarring them all with the same brush is, IMO, a little disingenous.
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 9740711)
Well, yes, the rich get richer and the poor get the blame. Yes, the rich are as corrupt and dishonest as the poor. Yes, people are shit. But, so what? Surely no one thinks Fred Goodwin is a nice chap, no one thinks the law applies equally to rich and poor. By kicking people out of parks and hogging the space the protestors are just showing that, with the little power they have, they can hurt a few people, if they had more power they could hurt more people. It's always so.
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 9740715)
I'll give you that but I think you'll struggle to find someone who has done so deservingly.
Other than that, I have no idea how one determines the scale of deserving. Do those that can't turn up for work, deserve to be unemployed? Do those that are addicted to drugs, past a certain point, deserve to be unemployed? Do those that run successful businesses, deserve to have their earnings distributed in any other way than they currently do? Do public servants deserve to be able to afford to purchase houses on different continents? Do sports stars/film stars deserve the earnings they achieve? The list could go on ... ;) Are you proposing communism? |
Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
(Post 9740821)
Other than that, I have no idea how one determines the scale of deserving.
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Re: The Occupy Uprising....
Originally Posted by Almost Canadian
(Post 9740821)
Are you proposing communism?
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