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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
Fair enough -- but is there any point at which you say that the encampments and occupation of a central part of a city (which, in some places at least, has completely fucked the small and family businesses that are not exactly avatars of Wall Street) have gone on long enough? It's easy to criticize the police but less so to say what should be done. Do you really just let the Occupy protests continue forever if there is no violence?
You and Adder have an easy option -- it'll be too goddamn cold soon, where you live. Not as true where I live, vastly less so for club.
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This all started with me saying I've got nothing against cops peacefully arresting someone who is peacefully protesting. As long as that protestor is breaking the law.
In Boston, there is a court process underway to establish the extent of their free speech rights. Only after a court approves it will the city be free to remove them. The city has used force to limit the encampment to a particular area, and within that space has enforced laws against those breaking them, but not attempted some kind of broad clearance.
Seems reasonable.
A never ending protest would be pretty damn tedious, but, then, so was the Fantastix. We've got a couple of them around here, though - don't you?
