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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:18 AM Original message |
So it OK to have tents outside stores on Black Friday but not for Occupy |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. At Occupy Los Angeles, there's an alternate construction (npi): |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, it's much worse than that: |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not the same thing. |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Are the tents still there? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. The OWS tents might not have been approved Made in China Walmart tents. n/t |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. Exactly! Because they're different. One is public property. One is private property. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's all about permission and purpose. |
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Progressive dog (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. What about zoning laws, land use regulations etc.? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. If it is your property and you are allowing people to protest on/from it, |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. It would depend on whether a zoning law applied to your personal property |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Not if the people weren't "residing" but "protesting." |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. It might take months, but the local officials would win |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. And the lawyers for the people would respond with "This isn't a residence; it is a protest." |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Do you work for this corporation? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What corporation? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
8. Probably can't have your tent in front of Best Buy for two months. nt |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. not the point |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. It's TOTALLY the point. Different purpose, different timeframe, different |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. It IS the point. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Iiving and sleeping deemed protesting |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Which you have clearly missed |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
11. It is all defined by GREED |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. I think I have this figured out: How not to get arrested... |
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HappyMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Because adding guns to a situation is |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. My son called me on Tuesday, |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. This asinine comparison is getting lamer the more times I read it. |
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