tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post8465993891963653839..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Occupy Oakland and the Power of Peaceful ProtestSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-51594440172821618712011-10-29T02:04:34.702-04:002011-10-29T02:04:34.702-04:00hi thwap...yes, I must admit that since he dismiss...hi thwap...yes, I must admit that since he dismissed the Occupy movement by saying that more people lined up for an i-phone, the silver spooned one is getting on my nerves.<br />If I ever get to remake The Scarlet Pimpernel I will definitely cast him as an effete aristocrat, mumbling sneering platitudes, while being led to the guillotine... ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-56706982828141978872011-10-29T01:59:52.004-04:002011-10-29T01:59:52.004-04:00hi Rev Effect...thanks for your nice comment. And ...hi Rev Effect...thanks for your nice comment. And yes any violence perpetrated against a peaceful movement will take it to a higher level. The media will be forced to cover it, and our message will get louder. A lot of Canadians might not be prepared to hit the streets, or camp out. And I have to admit that since I live about five blocks away I'm sleeping in my nice warm bed. But I think that message resonates with a lot of people, so they won't stand to see the Occupiers brutalized. But then I'm an optimist eh? ;)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-61534671429461362842011-10-27T10:52:26.303-04:002011-10-27T10:52:26.303-04:00Coyne is inevitably clueless.
We've been on t...Coyne is inevitably clueless.<br /><br />We've been on the receiving end of rising economic inequality, deliberate under-funding of public health care, criminal inaction on global warming, rising tuitions and rising student debt, increasingly insecure employment, rising household debt.<br /><br />Some moron tried to say that our economic problems are caused by the demographics of an aging population.<br /><br />If that's the case, how come the richest 1% have gotten so much wealthier? What does an aging population have to do with the wealthiest making out like bandits?<br /><br />We're being literally conned, and Coyne is just blowing smoke for his team.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-64085073320161781022011-10-27T09:46:35.765-04:002011-10-27T09:46:35.765-04:00A veteran getting seriously injured by police coul...A veteran getting seriously injured by police could be the catalyst that takes this movement to a whole new level. Shame the MSM won't give this fair reporting, certainly not here in Canada where blaming the victim is common place when it comes to police brutality cases in the news.<br /><br />Great blog by the way, checking it regularly since stumbling across it a week or so ago.Rev Effectnoreply@blogger.com