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woob · 09-29-2011, 05:32 PM

So, has anyone been following the growing movement in the US, and now trickling abroad, inspired by #OCCUPYWALLSTREET?

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
Website: https://occupywallst.org/
AdBusters: http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet

I admit, when I first heard of this, I figured it would fizzle out after the first few days and be forgotten in a week or two. Just the opposite seems to be occurring and the movement appears to be getting stronger by the day, growing to other cities in the US, with reports of it trickling across the pond to London, Spain, Chile.

There has already been celebrities, business people, and other prominent types weighing in to support this movement. There has been police brutality on the peaceful protesters. There has been champagne toasts by the rich bankers/finance types to mock the Wall Street protesters.

Would love to hear people's thoughts, idea, opinions on this as I think it is an excellent topic to discuss. With the movement still working on their 'demands', it will be interesting to see what kind of impact it will have, if any, in the long term.

09-29-2011, 05:32 PM	#1
woob #1 Goaltender Join Date: Jan 2006 Exp:	#occupy<insertlocalehere> So, has anyone been following the growing movement in the US, and now trickling abroad, inspired by #OCCUPYWALLSTREET? Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street Website: https://occupywallst.org/ AdBusters: http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet I admit, when I first heard of this, I figured it would fizzle out after the first few days and be forgotten in a week or two. Just the opposite seems to be occurring and the movement appears to be getting stronger by the day, growing to other cities in the US, with reports of it trickling across the pond to London, Spain, Chile. There has already been celebrities, business people, and other prominent types weighing in to support this movement. There has been police brutality on the peaceful protesters. There has been champagne toasts by the rich bankers/finance types to mock the Wall Street protesters. Would love to hear people's thoughts, idea, opinions on this as I think it is an excellent topic to discuss. With the movement still working on their 'demands', it will be interesting to see what kind of impact it will have, if any, in the long term.