> I must say, I think the Occupy thing is becoming more like a Jonestown
> group-think, ritual suicide than anything, its this idea of throwing
> yourself onto the wheels of demonical machine
>
> the people's mike is a great idea when there is no mike, but when there is
> one, its just ritualistic and cultish, it also enforces a kind of concision
> or soundbite mentality that you get on TV
>
> I've been involved in Occupy Oakland and Occupy Berkeley, on demo's,
> meetings, online etc, I've been in arguments with Black Bloc anarchist
> types and also faced the ferocity of the police
>
> the police are violent, but at least they are predictable. The Occupiers
> are amatuers and by the time all the left get on board, it will be
> completely sunk, and the US will have a Tea Party President
Dude, I think you've lost the plot. Today looks like an enormous success. This isn't very helpful.
SA