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Would You Occupy?

Started by Cramulus, October 06, 2011, 02:55:49 PM

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If there were an Occupy ___ protest nearby, would you attend?

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The Rev

#15
October 06, 2011, 03:49:09 PM
Yeah, probably would. I figure I could run over peoples toes with my wheelchair, get knocked on the head with a baton, incite a riot by just laying on the asphalt and bleeding.

Seriously though, yes, I would probably attend.

Phox

#16
October 06, 2011, 03:57:54 PM
I'll be up in Chicago this weekend, and if their still hanging around LaSalle and Jackson up there, I'll chill with them for a bit. There's also an attempt to get one started here, so if that happens, I'll definitely get involved.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#17
October 06, 2011, 04:02:54 PM
I'm not going today (sorry Amerrukuh, the kids are my activism) but assuming they actually do occupy Portland and are still there in a few days I'll be there then.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Anna Mae Bollocks

#18
October 06, 2011, 05:08:38 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 06, 2011, 04:02:54 PM
I'm not going today (sorry Amerrukuh, the kids are my activism) but assuming they actually do occupy Portland and are still there in a few days I'll be there then.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/10/occupy_portland_aims_to_send_a.html
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

Precious Moments Zalgo

#19
October 06, 2011, 05:26:08 PM
The question isn't hypothetical for me because there is one scheduled for this Saturday about an hour's drive away.

PMZ,
has a prior commitment.
I will answer ANY prayer for $39.95.*

*Unfortunately, I cannot give refunds in the event that the answer is no.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#20
October 06, 2011, 05:27:02 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on October 06, 2011, 05:08:38 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 06, 2011, 04:02:54 PM
I'm not going today (sorry Amerrukuh, the kids are my activism) but assuming they actually do occupy Portland and are still there in a few days I'll be there then.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/10/occupy_portland_aims_to_send_a.html

:?

I know what their plans are. I live here and one of my friends is a core agitator/recruiter.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

BabylonHoruv

#21
October 06, 2011, 07:43:52 PM
attend yes,  full on occupy, probably not.  I have a family to take care of.
You're a special case, Babylon.  You are offensive even when you don't post.

Merely by being alive, you make everyone just a little more miserable

-Dok Howl

Doktor Howl

#22
October 06, 2011, 07:49:58 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on October 06, 2011, 07:43:52 PM
attend yes,  full on occupy, probably not.  I have a family to take care of.

Yeah, someone's got to cash the welfare check. 
Molon Lube

BabylonHoruv

#23
October 06, 2011, 08:02:38 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 06, 2011, 07:49:58 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on October 06, 2011, 07:43:52 PM
attend yes,  full on occupy, probably not.  I have a family to take care of.

Yeah, someone's got to cash the welfare check. 

And put in the hours to get the welfare check.  Ohio requires volunteer hours paid at minimum wage for cash and foodstamps.

I actually just got a real job today,  I start training on Tuesday.
You're a special case, Babylon.  You are offensive even when you don't post.

Merely by being alive, you make everyone just a little more miserable

-Dok Howl

Anna Mae Bollocks

#24
October 06, 2011, 08:39:04 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 06, 2011, 05:27:02 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on October 06, 2011, 05:08:38 PM
Quote from: Nigel on October 06, 2011, 04:02:54 PM
I'm not going today (sorry Amerrukuh, the kids are my activism) but assuming they actually do occupy Portland and are still there in a few days I'll be there then.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/10/occupy_portland_aims_to_send_a.html

:?

I know what their plans are. I live here and one of my friends is a core agitator/recruiter.

My bad. Shoulda guessed. :D
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

Anna Mae Bollocks

#25
October 06, 2011, 08:40:20 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on October 06, 2011, 08:02:38 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on October 06, 2011, 07:49:58 PM
Quote from: BabylonHoruv on October 06, 2011, 07:43:52 PM
attend yes,  full on occupy, probably not.  I have a family to take care of.

Yeah, someone's got to cash the welfare check. 

And put in the hours to get the welfare check.  Ohio requires volunteer hours paid at minimum wage for cash and foodstamps.

I actually just got a real job today,  I start training on Tuesday.

Yup. Got to teach those welfare recipients how to use a mop.
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

PopeTom

#26
October 06, 2011, 08:48:26 PM
I'm unlikely to go even though there is one nearby (Boston) because as i have gotten old I find I dislike leaving my house.

Next step, manifesto!
-PopeTom

I am the result of 13.75 ± 0.13 billion years of random chance. Now that I exist I see no reason to start planning and organizing everything in my life.

Random dumb luck got me here, random dumb luck will get me to where I'm going.

Hail Eris!

Juana

#27
October 06, 2011, 09:43:31 PM
I believe I'm going to the one occupying the federal building. There's one today (I have class for the entire period they'll be there) and tomorrow, which is the one I want to go to if I can find a ride/borrow the car.
"I dispose of obsolete meat machines.  Not because I hate them (I do) and not because they deserve it (they do), but because they are in the way and those older ones don't meet emissions codes.  They emit too much.  You don't like them and I don't like them, so spare me the hysteria."

Nephew Twiddleton

#28
October 06, 2011, 09:49:07 PM
Im going to be underneath it tomorrow on my way to providence. Next week i might show up here and there for a couple of hours but i do have a job to occasionally go to and kind of a slobby roommate. Dont want to come back and find more wasted potatoes.
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TIM AM I, PRIMARY OF THE EXTRA-ATMOSPHERIC SIMIANS

The Rev

#29
October 06, 2011, 09:51:08 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on October 06, 2011, 08:48:26 PM
I'm unlikely to go even though there is one nearby (Boston) because as i have gotten old I find I dislike leaving my house.

Next step, manifesto!

If you can't use your body ( I am in complete empathy here) then use your brain!
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