Re: Better question is have you been to any of them?
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 20/11/2011 07:00:30 PM
I've been to the protests in NYC and DC. What do you mean by "they're not at all peaceful?" My experiences mostly just consisted of people shouting.
I'll just roll my eyes at you using the term "Mary Jane," and continue.
Here is the value, the boiled down message, that I said in my post:
The things I listed- the bailouts, corporate personhood, the rest- were off-the-cuff examples of that message.
There are NOT laws against most of the things people have complained about. There are plenty of corporation-linked donations to campaign re-election funds. There aren't laws against massive government bailouts.
Even when there are laws, they often don't matter. If Citibank makes a profit of a billion, and then eventually has to pay fines of millions, do you think that's going to stop equally shady dealings in the future?
There are plenty of examples to list. And you didn't answer my question. Do you think that banks and corporations have no interest in politics, and have not been trying to exert their influence? Or do you know that they do, and don't mind?
Seriously- do you? If your position is "Oh, of course they have their hand in politics and I am fine with them spending millions to make sure "their" candidate is voted in," then at least I'll know where we disagree.
And my point about the massive crowds of people, all over the world protesting, was this: If this many people, in this many parts of the world, are this upset over something, then maybe there's a deeper problem than "they're lazy."
I'll just roll my eyes at you using the term "Mary Jane," and continue.
Here is the value, the boiled down message, that I said in my post:
The Occupy protests are protesting the level of power corporations have, specifically the level of power they have over the government.
The things I listed- the bailouts, corporate personhood, the rest- were off-the-cuff examples of that message.
There are NOT laws against most of the things people have complained about. There are plenty of corporation-linked donations to campaign re-election funds. There aren't laws against massive government bailouts.
Even when there are laws, they often don't matter. If Citibank makes a profit of a billion, and then eventually has to pay fines of millions, do you think that's going to stop equally shady dealings in the future?
There are plenty of examples to list. And you didn't answer my question. Do you think that banks and corporations have no interest in politics, and have not been trying to exert their influence? Or do you know that they do, and don't mind?
Seriously- do you? If your position is "Oh, of course they have their hand in politics and I am fine with them spending millions to make sure "their" candidate is voted in," then at least I'll know where we disagree.
And my point about the massive crowds of people, all over the world protesting, was this: If this many people, in this many parts of the world, are this upset over something, then maybe there's a deeper problem than "they're lazy."
I amuse myself.
An Open Letter to All People with Nothing Better To Do
20/11/2011 10:49:21 AM
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Huzah! A man chooses and a slave obeys! *NM*
20/11/2011 10:56:42 AM
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Yeah, 'cos YTs comments are all about disobedience, and the OWSers are all about submission.
20/11/2011 12:24:36 PM
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Actually, my comment are about taking responsibility for yourself. *NM*
20/11/2011 05:48:33 PM
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As usual you miss the point completely. *NM*
20/11/2011 08:27:02 PM
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You want people vocally refusing slavery to return to slavery; I got the point.
21/11/2011 11:24:21 PM
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If what I was saying amounted to that than what your arguing for would to...
22/11/2011 06:32:04 AM
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This is also not about you; the response to which you replied here has been edited accordingly.
22/11/2011 08:10:21 AM
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How much violence has there actually been?
20/11/2011 12:35:54 PM
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Re: How much violence has there actually been?
20/11/2011 12:44:00 PM
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Because it's easy.
20/11/2011 12:49:02 PM
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Asian parents have the right idea
20/11/2011 08:49:39 PM
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because that's not a huge generalization of an entire race...
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every pakistani, indian, viet, chinese, cambodian person I know (and thats a lot) ....
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I had a lot of asian peers in class growing up with parents who were not like that
20/11/2011 10:35:45 PM
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I understand that, and agree to a certain extent.
20/11/2011 11:53:30 PM
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To take it a step further
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21/11/2011 11:38:34 PM
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HUZZAH! Very well said.
20/11/2011 01:20:48 PM
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Our leaders should be held accountable for refusing to lead, and we for accepting that.
22/11/2011 12:09:51 AM
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I think people were jeering OWS for not being "focused" because there are so many damn problems
20/11/2011 04:54:24 PM
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Largely true, in many respects; again, the Tea Party had much the same problem for the same reasons.
22/11/2011 12:26:29 AM
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It is WEIRD when Ron Paul consistently comes off as the least insane GOP candidate
22/11/2011 02:56:33 AM
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Yeah, I recall that link, and still do not entirely agree with it.
22/11/2011 04:16:13 AM
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"There are plenty of jobs and pay"... Do you read the news? *NM*
20/11/2011 12:42:30 PM
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Yep, there are lots of jobs...
20/11/2011 05:49:58 PM
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Re: Yep, there are lots of jobs...
22/11/2011 04:01:35 AM
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I know about a dozen Philosophy Majors off the top of my head, all of whom are gainfully employed.
22/11/2011 11:36:47 AM
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Re:I know about a dozen Philosophy Majors off the top of my head,all of whom are gainfully employed.
24/11/2011 04:30:00 AM
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Excercise in creative thinking...
20/11/2011 06:45:49 PM
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So you think there's no real unemployment problem aside from people being lazy and entitled? *NM*
21/11/2011 03:32:16 AM
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I'm sorry dude, but there ARE jobs.
20/11/2011 07:21:21 PM
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but what kind of jobs?
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"My plastic surgeon" WTF Aisha
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Im a nurse
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You had me worried about the young girl I used to know for a moment. *NM*
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21/11/2011 01:02:59 AM
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job that pay money
20/11/2011 08:57:55 PM
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lets face it. all the jobs you just mentioned are jobs illegals take
20/11/2011 09:35:07 PM
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Re: lets face it. all the jobs you just mentioned are jobs illegals take
20/11/2011 10:29:16 PM
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Re: lets face it. all the jobs you just mentioned are jobs illegals take
21/11/2011 12:19:52 AM
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That's a shitty situation
21/11/2011 12:24:20 AM
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First of all, I worked at a dairy and have a friend who busses tables.
20/11/2011 10:32:39 PM
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Actually it is the case in some parts of America. Just not the parts that get mentioned.
22/11/2011 04:05:44 AM
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Doesn't matter when people aren't there, or people don't have the required skills.
20/11/2011 11:51:53 PM
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If you can drive a truck I can get you a job tommorw hauling sand for fracing *NM*
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...I feel like you've been getting all of your information from TV News. This isn't about bills.
20/11/2011 04:35:13 PM
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Better question is have you been to any of them?
20/11/2011 06:42:02 PM
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Re: Better question is have you been to any of them?
20/11/2011 07:00:30 PM
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Wait...you think there is a problem with courts treating corporations as persons?
20/11/2011 08:33:43 PM
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You know what he meant.
20/11/2011 09:32:59 PM
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You're talking about the Supreme Court case Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission.
20/11/2011 10:38:43 PM
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Pretty sure the inception of corporations was not 1886.
22/11/2011 05:45:31 AM
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You do realize...
22/11/2011 06:01:47 AM
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Almost anything CAN happen.
22/11/2011 07:43:31 AM
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Actually I think we should be prosecuting these people
22/11/2011 07:46:56 AM
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Well, this is a red letter day; I agree with nearly, perhaps ENTIRELY, all of what you said here.
22/11/2011 07:59:42 AM
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You're right. I will hand you your ass on this one. If you give me gloves before touching it.
23/11/2011 02:26:35 PM
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Funny how once we as a society used protesting for non personal gain ...
20/11/2011 08:49:37 PM
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Good post
20/11/2011 09:13:12 PM
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The UN is clearly out of touch with reality.
20/11/2011 10:44:44 PM
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"There is no right to work"?
22/11/2011 05:50:30 AM
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That would be a legal right relating to unions not a basic human right. *NM*
22/11/2011 05:57:34 AM
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Right; there is a right to work when it suits you, and not when it does not.
22/11/2011 07:16:40 AM
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...do you know what "right-to-work" in those states entails?
22/11/2011 07:55:02 AM
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I would not pretend to be an authority on it, no, but broadly speaking, yes.
22/11/2011 08:12:50 AM
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Also, do you even have a job yet? *NM*
22/11/2011 06:02:11 AM
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Ikke ennĂ¥.
22/11/2011 07:28:27 AM
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So do you think there is no cause whatsoever for protest?
21/11/2011 03:31:04 AM
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I don't think the protest is about being people feeling entitled
22/11/2011 07:45:50 AM
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Re: I don't think the protest is about being people feeling entitled
24/11/2011 03:07:09 AM
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