Wall Street Protests

Stormieweather · 11-12-2011, 02:28 PM

I don't think one or two or a hundred criminal types represent ALL of the Occupy movement. It's no more accurate to attempt to portray them ALL as losers and bums than it is to portray them ALL as nurses (because some are involved with Occupy) or ALL as union folk (because some unions endorsed it). Not everyone on Wall Street is a bad guy either. Plenty of people that work there are just trying to survive like the rest of us.

There are bad people everywhere. And a heck of a lot more in our government that should be...thus my personal outrage and empathy with OWS.

ETA: All the trespass charges are part and parcel of protesting so you lost me right there, Merc.

TheMercenary · 11-12-2011, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

ETA: All the trespass charges are part and parcel of protesting so you lost me right there, Merc.

Not trying to gain you. Trespass charges count.

Major crimes are happening in these places and there are enough reports of the idiots running these things preventing the cops from coming in and doing their jobs.

Lamplighter · 11-12-2011, 04:12 PM

Police Report Savannah Airport Center of Crime Ring

Major crimes are happening there and there are enough reports
of the idiots running these things preventing the cops
from coming in and doing their jobs.

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I don't believe that...it's a cheap trick... in fact I made up the headline, but the map is true.

Here is the same map (dates/kinds of crimes) for PDX centered on the Occupy Portland encampment

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The Occupy Portland encampment is in "Chapman Square" near the bottom of the map

My point being one or a few news media reports with misleading
headlines and/or visuals can sway public opinion.
I think the link to the above maps can be informative about the background of any crime reports

TheMercenary · 11-12-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

....misleading
headlines and/or visuals can sway public opinion.

As can reports that soften the issues and sweep what is really happening at these protests under the rug. Many of these places are nothing less than human cesspools.

11-12-2011, 02:28 PM	#1
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	I don't think one or two or a hundred criminal types represent ALL of the Occupy movement. It's no more accurate to attempt to portray them ALL as losers and bums than it is to portray them ALL as nurses (because some are involved with Occupy) or ALL as union folk (because some unions endorsed it). Not everyone on Wall Street is a bad guy either. Plenty of people that work there are just trying to survive like the rest of us. There are bad people everywhere. And a heck of a lot more in our government that should be...thus my personal outrage and empathy with OWS. ETA: All the trespass charges are part and parcel of protesting so you lost me right there, Merc. __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

11-12-2011, 04:12 PM	#3
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Police Report Savannah Airport Center of Crime Ring Major crimes are happening there and there are enough reports of the idiots running these things preventing the cops from coming in and doing their jobs. ----- I don't believe that...it's a cheap trick... in fact I made up the headline, but the map is true. Here is the same map (dates/kinds of crimes) for PDX centered on the Occupy Portland encampment The Occupy Portland encampment is in "Chapman Square" near the bottom of the map My point being one or a few news media reports with misleading headlines and/or visuals can sway public opinion. I think the link to the above maps can be informative about the background of any crime reports Last edited by Lamplighter; 11-12-2011 at 04:20 PM.

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