Comments on: Dear Occupy Wall Street, You’re Just Wasting Your Time Now

By: JustCallMeMary

JustCallMeMary — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:12:00 +0000

To join in on a peaceful protest is often a vague concept for most arm chair critics. Most people simply do not avail themselves of opportunities to exercise this most fundamental right. That so many thousands have stopped their usual activities and gotten off their butts to go out there and take a stand is something important and necessary in the evolution of our society.

The impact of Project Chanology protests of Scientology is another feat of large measure. Both series of protests make it possible for the single small voice to be a part of a very large loud “We’re not going to take it anymore and you should look into why we are doing this!” Yes, putting better polititians in office and effecting change is necessary but it’s much easier to accomplish if the issues are out in front and kept in the news by the sheer growing numbers of the discontent excercising this basic right to protest.

You ask that people do something, as if nothing is being done. Tell that to exscientologists, to the people of Lybia and Syria, and they will tell you that something is being done and that protesting injustices has much to do with it.

By: Glen Watson

Glen Watson — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:31:00 +0000

I don’t mind protest really, it makes people think they have some power, if they don’t believe that they tend to turn to more drastic stupid measure(like prohibition). However when they do something stupid like block traffic, or block entrance to buildings, and the police are called in help, they stand there like morons not moving or resisting leading to clashes with police and pepperspray, then MSNBC gets a hold of the footage and starts demonizing the police. Then I have a major problem.

I have some problem with the banks, but I also come from the banking capital of the world(home to Bank of America) and other very large financial institutions. I have seen some of the good things that the banks have done to this city and they constitute a very large section of the local economy, so I have to condemn them and support them at the same time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:51:00 +0000

Yes, but no one marched on Washington for (ongoing) three weeks and sat in front of the Capitol building to demonstrate, they threw the GOP out of Congress and eventually out of the White House. That’s my point: if you want to change something, change it. At this point, Occupy Wall Street is the political equivalent of planking.

By: Nedberry

Nedberry — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:42:00 +0000

the fact that the project chanology thing has been the only thing to get you pretty riled up is fairly lame, no? there’s that whole iraq thing right? hundreds of thousands of innocents killed for what? oh yeah, i won’t even mention the taxpayer dollars being spent on that one (ongoing btw).

other than that, great article.

ned