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Dewey Square to be occupied this Friday
By adamg on Wed, 09/28/2011 - 10:10pm
After two nights of meeting on the Common, the Occupy Boston people have decided to launch their occupation at 6 p.m. on Friday in Dewey Square. No word if the revolution will be catered by Clover.
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Can someone explain this to me?
What do these people seek to accomplish? Other than completely screwing up the traffic at that light from the South Station exit?
If they were smart they could protest in front of 245 Summer, Fidelity's home office. Sheesh!
Their protest will be inconvenient
if they stand in the road.
Wall Street corruption and US financial crisis inseparable
Anyone who looks at mostly young citizens marching in the street protesting the corruption of Wall Street and the harm it spawns, and decides that what is warranted is mockery and scorn rather than support, is either not seeing things clearly or is motivated by objectives other than the ones being presented.
For those who believe that protests are only worthwhile if they translate into quantifiable impact: the lack of organizational sophistication or messaging efficacy on the part of the Wall Street protest is a reason to support it and get involved in it, not turn one's nose up at it and join in the media demonization.
Alternatively, you could misunderstand motivation.
I think many more people are aware of the things corrupting our society and political process than your words would credit. Just because we choose not to participate doesn't mean we don't realize there are some issues separating our society from something more ideal. But for the vast majority, we are doing okay just the same. So why would we place effort in taking down a society that actually, for the most part, suits our needs warts and all? Compound that with the fact that many of us have responsibilities that we can't simply drop for the higher good. People have children who need to eat, mortgages that need to be paid, elderly parents that need care. We aren't going to drop all of these things just because something doesn't smell right.
What we see on Wall Street, and maybe soon in Dewey Square is people free from responsibility. I'm glad that there will be somebody to hold up some signs and shout and disrupt traffic and maybe get somebody to think a bit more deeply. But revolution requires numbers. To get enough people to risk what they have now, they have to be suffering a great deal. For the most part, we aren't suffering in this country. What is possible, and what you should work toward, is evolution. I have three children. I'm working as hard as I can to make sure they understand the social contract, and how they can use their life time of achievements to make the world better for all, not just to enrich themselves. They might make a difference some day, but it will be through good actions, not by marching in the streets and chanting slogans.
Completely understandable
I can completely relate to your sentiment but it makes me want to throw myself off a bridge it is so cynical. So, until the shit finally rises up to your nostrils, that's when it's time to inconvenience yourself and do something? (I ask that of myself as well as of you -- I mean I'm not going to be camping out there.)
No doubt there are a large number of trustafarians in these groups. No doubt we'll check in on them in ten years and they'll be part of the problem. But some people might be free from responsibilities and able to participate in these protests not necessarily by choice. That bastion of marxist-hippie journalism, MarketWatch, speaks to this a bit.
In Massachusetts we are doing better than many other states. And if you are a member of the shrinking middle class you're probably doing okay. White and middleclass, a little better still. But do we have to wait until everything and everybody is in the shitter before we do anything?
No solutions here, but I feel like the answer has to be more than my kids will be altruistic.
Not meant as cynicism
I just don't see people hurting enough to rise up. So I guess my point boils down to the idea that protests of this sort are likely to be counterproductive. By no means am I saying that everybody with lofty ideas should go out and have a bunch of kids, but I do think that's a more realistic time line. If things get really bad before then, no trustafarian will be needed to lead a protest.
What a waste
These losers give a bad name to the 99%. The Herald has it right:
Fail
What a sad bunch. I thought the purpose was pretty clear, no? I don't expect this to last another 5 weekdays, perhaps not even survive this weekend.
These losers are trying to do something constructive
with their dissatisfaction with neofeudalism, and the 1%'s stranglehold on government.
Wall Street Journal notices....
Wall Street Journal notices.... ... 11 days later.
"The Herald has it
"The Herald has it right."
You lost me right there.
The Herald =
Tea Party Newsletter.
They should do nothing . . .
. . . and watch Jon Stewart and then vote for one of two candidates corporate money throws in their faces.
Sheila Bair, the former head
Sheila Bair, the former head of the FDIC, made this point in front of a skeptical audience of banking industry bigwigs in March:
annnnddd....
...it's Chris Dowd for the WIN!!
You don't have a chance
So what we have is a
small group of angry people who want the rest of us to know that they are angry. Wonderful.
6pm Friday?
Nearly everybody evacuates that area by 5pm on a Friday ... unless they stop somewhere for drinks with the coworkers. By 6pm its pretty much a ghost town in the financial district.
Our building is even pretty much shut down by 5:30, and on evening/weekend security.
I guess they plan to spend
the weekend nesting.
William the Conqueror timed
William the Conqueror timed his invasion of Britain for when the English were in the northeast, battling Norwegian invaders.
Analogy...?
So Occupy Boston is timing its sit-in for when Financial District workers are in the suburbs, enjoying the weekend? Brilliant strategy.
Preposterous
This is preposterous. Why don't they just have it at 3am on Sunday? Better yet, why don't they meet at 6pm on Friday and decide how to plan a protest that might actually accomplish something?
Bring it on
We all know how this will play out. The protestors will be met by police on overtime dressed as ninja turtles. One of the protestors will provoke the cops by spitting on them. The cops will respond by macing the crowd sparking a stampede.
Two things for sure youtube will have several new videos complaining of police brutality, the other is several cops flush with overtime will hookup with female protestors at Clarks and plan a weekly party
With Borders gone, the English majors need somewhere to hang out
If you protest over a weekend, you don't need to take any vacation days. Or are these unemploymed people - aka people with liberal arts degrees and MacBooks?
Could they do maybe an 'Occupy Chinatown' and while they are there, pick up some of the trash? Funny how people are ready to jump up and participate in useless protests (like not to invade Iraq protests 8-9 years ago) but they can't be bothered to pick up an old copy of the Metro.
Nice priorities, folks!
I don't feel oppressed by the government and I'm not filthy rich...so am I in the 99%, the 1%, or some other percentage? Obviously people with math skills did not think up this protest.
Gum chewer
Can you really take a guy like this seriously who is chewing gum as he gives his little speech? How charming.
Critical Occupation
Isn't the last Friday of the month the critical mass ride? So they could meet up at Copley and ride on over to the occupation...
Are you nuts?
If it weren't for the financial industry, the bike couriers wouldn't have any work!
good luck matt
Shutting down south station will be easy but you better not stick your gum on the benches at South Station or a T-cop will get all medieval on you ass.