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Heron TSG

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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2700 on: February 23, 2012, 01:28:21 am »

...The people in them.

Seriously, the Occupy groups in both my town and Spokane, the two I've been to, have been entirely supplied by the people at them. Bringing supplies for themselves plus any extra stuff they may have. (Tents, signs, etc.)
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« Reply #2701 on: February 23, 2012, 01:36:09 am »

Yeah.  I've donated supplies myself.  It was all just people chipping in what they could.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2702 on: February 23, 2012, 03:13:24 am »

Yep; just look at the Doublefine kickstarter. A lot of people with some motivation can result in quite a large amount of donation.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2703 on: February 23, 2012, 05:30:09 am »

Also Iran, Soviet Russia, the Illuminati and the Interdimensional Brotherhood of Evil Uncapitalist Antiamericans, of course.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2704 on: February 23, 2012, 10:55:07 am »

Don't forget the media.  Remember, you can't trust evidence.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2705 on: February 23, 2012, 11:02:20 am »

Remember, you can't trust evidence.

I've been doing it wrong all these years! :P
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2706 on: February 23, 2012, 03:48:29 pm »

Remember, you can't trust evidence.

I've been doing it wrong all these years! :P
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2707 on: February 26, 2012, 08:09:46 pm »

« Last Edit: February 26, 2012, 08:18:51 pm by SalmonGod »
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2708 on: February 26, 2012, 09:13:50 pm »

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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2709 on: February 27, 2012, 05:41:00 pm »

Anonymous has put out an open call for revolution via destruction of the current U.S. government.

I'm not too worried, because I don't think anybody will seriously act on this.  Regardless, they are being dangerously over-eager.

1. Even if the people are ready for this, which I am doubtful of, they are definitely not ready to be united in it. There is an intense culture war going on in America right now between the right and the left. The left will be ready to unite, despite differences, and try to re-instate a government that works fairly for everyone. The religious right will not share that interest. They don't want fairness. They want their way imposed on everyone at any cost. They are the best armed and most violent. It won't end well. This divide among the people needs to be resolved before a revolution is possible.

2. Even if a revolution is successfully carried out, there is no popular ideology that is prepared to replace what we currently have. There needs to be a shift in our cultural values before a shift in the policies of our institutions can occur. Our government right now is representative of the only way of life that we currently know. We need a solid vision of another way of life, or we're doomed to re-build the same thing again.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2710 on: February 27, 2012, 05:48:55 pm »

It's just "Anonymus" being the same pathetic infantiles as always.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2711 on: February 27, 2012, 05:53:39 pm »

Seriously, this is just silly. So silly that I bet the FBI won't even conduct a curiosity investigation.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2712 on: February 27, 2012, 06:14:18 pm »

Maybe they'll investigate what the hell anonymous is smoking and where they can get it.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2713 on: February 27, 2012, 06:15:33 pm »

If this srs bsnss kicks off we could either have the defining moment of my generation (The US Revolution) or the most pathetic attempt at revolution in history.
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Re: Occupying Wallstreet
« Reply #2714 on: February 27, 2012, 06:18:13 pm »

There isn't going to be a revolution in the US. Revolutions do not happen in modernized electoral democracies where people aren't starving to death in the streets, economic inequalities be dammed.
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