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Originally Posted by bradster57
I support their right to protest peacefully but I don't support their "right" to occupy. The city has been playing nice so far, but I think most Calgarians feel the occupiers are taking advantage of that.
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I don't think its even a protest anymore, its become a camping trip with some signs hung up.
Its become a squatters paradise ala the depression, but the thing is, we're not in a depression.
I'm sympathetic to an extent, but for example, how many of these people are unemployed and on UI and sitting down there instead of working hard on finding another job?
I have my real doubts that there's a true 99% in Canada, I would believe that its smaller then that by a large extent.
When Lucia Corbella did her two parter on the occupy Calgary camp it was laughable because of the lack of knowledge about what's wrong with the system, and their unrealistic demands.
If your going to protest, then protest, if your going to assemble for the strict reason of assembling, then your wasting your time.
And that still doesn't address that the city is going to end up paying for this. For example, when they decamp because of the weekend events that area is going to probably need double or triple the cleanup by the city to get it ready for the weekend.
Yes, I'm a terrible person because I don't consider myself in the 1% but I'm certainly not in the 99% and I can't garner sympathy for these people, and unlike the Occupy Movement in the states where they have a really legitimate reason to be angry, this seems like a waste of effort.