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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Public stunts typically get that kind of attention, although I think to most the fact that he was issued a ticket and got his truck towed was more memorable than any message he had. This is, IMO, comparable to Greenpeace's stunt last year for public stupidity. No one remembers their message as much as their scaling of the Calgary tower.
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The newspaper articles and what they were saying on the radio suggests you are wrong. Naturally, people are talking about the stunt itself, but the double standard at city hall has been front and centre.
Plus, it does highlight why the Olympic Plaza crowd is taking such a beating in public perception. Cory Morgan might have been an idiot with a message, but at least he had a message. The Olympic Plaza group remain nothing more than a small crowd of squatters protesting... stuff. They are the equivalent to Greenpeace scaling the Calgary Tower only to realize the forgot to make a banner. Their numbers aren't growing, and neither is their support. As a protest movement, the Olympic Plaza crowd is a complete and utter fail.
At some time in the future, someone will ask "hey, remember in 2011 when those idiots pulled that camping stunt at Olympic Plaza? What were they about, anyway?" And the response will be "damned if I know."