What is the target?
tokyogai
10/12/2011 8:49:05 AM
I understand the growing frusteration of the people and the seeming inability to get anything done. All good reasons for protest. But then the story falls apart- some want support for Egypt, others want to punish bankers. Until some sort of unity of ideas develops, it will just be a disruption with no positive impact.
Re: Protest Pointed at Wrong Target
yalanand
10/12/2011 5:37:27 AM
Wall Street is not the enemy; it is the overspending and short-sighted programs of Big Government that is at fault for much of what ails the protestors.
@PAW, may be you are right but protestors claim they are demanding accountability for Wall Street crimes. They feel some of the greedy banks and corporates who don't pay taxes, cut jobs, engage in mortgage frauds tanked the US economy and still they pay themselves record setting bonuses.
Re : Occupy Wall Street Spills Over to Main Street
yalanand
10/12/2011 2:18:13 AM
Protesters are adopting new strategies. Protesters will march through Manhattan's Upper East Side on a "Billionaire's Tour" to take their grievances about economic inequality to the homes of News Corp's Rupert Murdoch, JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon and others. These protests are growing bigger every passing day.
Re: Who is a banker?
KHC
10/11/2011 11:03:51 PM
"We'd have a grand demonstration going (hundreds of thousands, you punks!)..."
Ha! good one... so far, just a bunch 'o lightweights.
Re: Who is a banker?
KHC
10/11/2011 10:57:36 PM
"Bankers may be unpopular, but people like cannibals even less."
This calls me back to the good ol' days of Vietnam, when our soldiers were being killed on national TV every evening.
Cannibals.
What a problem they were.
We'd have a grand demonstration going (hundreds of thousands, you punks!)...
And then the cannibals would show up.
And things went all to hell.
Alas, we ate very few rich.
Noreen writes:
However, I have one suggestion for Occupy Wall Street: Keep the focus on your message, and lose the signs about eating bankers and/or the rich. Bankers may be unpopular, but people like cannibals even less
I would add to the protestors, be careful that your broad sweeping statements to incite justice doesn't mete out injustice. Are all who work for a bank bankers? What about those that trying to support their families by doing their jobs, but their jobs happen to be in Human Resources or Facillity Maintenance or Account Reconciliation at a bank. Are these people villians or are they hurting like many others?
Banks have done some horrible things. And I understand that sometimes there needs to be a tidal wave of protest before something gets changed or fixed. However, that change or fix needs to be done with intelligence and forethought, not sweeping generalizations... even about the rich or about bankers.
Protestors, you have a great opportunity. Listen to Noreen. Focus on your message. Don't let the lunatics take over the asylum. Gambate!
Wonderful work
BigJim
10/11/2011 4:26:54 PM
This is the best reporting I've seen on these protests. It didn't tell me what to believe. I made me think. Thank you.
Re: Nothing new here
ProfR
10/11/2011 4:05:48 PM
I hope you are right. However, right now other than showing some sympathy, most people in government and business are ignoring this. Still looking for some actions t fix things.
Re: Protest Pointed at Wrong Target
driven
10/11/2011 3:54:27 PM
It's gotta be Whole Foods. Can't trust a place that insists I eat real sugar in my ice cream.
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