The Occupy Wall Street crowd are now organizing a "NYC billionaires Walking Tour", where people can walk through the neighbourhoods of the "one per cent" and see how the "one per cent live".
I know I'm being a bit melodramatic here, but this is the kind of thing that while innocent on the surface, is kind of scary when you think about it. Up here in Canada I can't imagine this kind of thing happening, simply because no one would support an angry mob (who have been peaceful so far mind you) walking through a specific neighbourhood and potentially scaring the people who live there.
What's the point of walking through said neighbourhoods? To let the one per cent know that you are upset with them? They already know this. To see how they live? Everyone already knows how they live.
The real reason can only be three fold:
1) To garner increased media attention (and this is a good strategy in that regard)
2) To try and scare the one per cent (and this will do that, especially the young children who live in that area)
3) To identify the one per cent as a 'target' and identify where said target can be found (while I hope this isn't the case, it does by its very nature identify a 'target zone' where you can 'hit the rich' if you wanted to)
The protests continue to grow and their tactics continue to evolve, not a good sign for politicians who are hoping that they will simply tire out at some point and head on home.
My personal guess is that should the protestors attempt to protest the neighbourhoods where the rich do live we'll see the police batons and pepper spray come out in full force.
I know I'm being a bit melodramatic here, but this is the kind of thing that while innocent on the surface, is kind of scary when you think about it. Up here in Canada I can't imagine this kind of thing happening, simply because no one would support an angry mob (who have been peaceful so far mind you) walking through a specific neighbourhood and potentially scaring the people who live there.
What's the point of walking through said neighbourhoods? To let the one per cent know that you are upset with them? They already know this. To see how they live? Everyone already knows how they live.
The real reason can only be three fold:
1) To garner increased media attention (and this is a good strategy in that regard)
2) To try and scare the one per cent (and this will do that, especially the young children who live in that area)
3) To identify the one per cent as a 'target' and identify where said target can be found (while I hope this isn't the case, it does by its very nature identify a 'target zone' where you can 'hit the rich' if you wanted to)
The protests continue to grow and their tactics continue to evolve, not a good sign for politicians who are hoping that they will simply tire out at some point and head on home.
My personal guess is that should the protestors attempt to protest the neighbourhoods where the rich do live we'll see the police batons and pepper spray come out in full force.
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