Forum Post: Do we allow the Occupy camps to continue or wait until the dead bodies pile up?
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 10, 2011, 11:12 p.m. EST by thomasmiller
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These are not real camp sites and there is a good reason why camping is not permitted in them. That reason is purely for safety. So do you keep up camping there with your so called "protest" and then we watch as the bodies pile up from shootings and other manifestations?
I will say this again. The Occupy movement is in danger from its camps. They would be more successful if they simply declared victory and went home. Instead, the camps are on the nightly news as places of crime and this latest murder at the camp seems to be one of those poster childs.
I agree. The occupation of land is a very powerful statement, right up there with hostage taking. There comes a point where it becomes counter-productive and it should be obvious that OWS is pretty much at that point now. Soldiers occupying a foreign land through the depths of winter will resent the generals that "demand" they remain at the outposts. They just want to go home. Hostage takers in time must grow weary too. These actions aren't supposed to last forever, they are designed to affect change.
OWS is a "shot across the bow", a warning shot. A ship that sits firing repeated warning shots loses credibility. The crew will mutiny. Remaining in the camp/occupy mode is destined to fail, which would be a failure of epic proportions considering how successful the action has been.
OWS needs to take the bull by the horns, and quickly. (today would have been ideal 11/11/11 for symbolism) NYC needs to Declare the Occupation over. It needs to explain to it's supporters why it's the right thing to do. It needs to explain that this is not the end, it's the beginning. Imagine the shock waves around the world, respect +1 and the collective sigh of relief for the 99% It's the 1% that isn't going to like the sounds of this...
Here's where i disagree with you.Victory is to the #occcupy movement, but this is not the time to go "home". Now it's time to get to work. It's time to pound the pavement announcing the coming National General Assembly July 4th, 2012 in Philadelphia and what the significance of that is.
Finally, the occupiers need to help clean up and demand that the cities deploy resources to assist the homeless.
In solidarity,Fare well, OWS
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Hey you can stay and spread great diseases like drug resistant airborne Tuberculosis. Isn't that special. Thats what happens when people hang around and don't bathe.
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2011/11/10/tuberculosis-breaks-out-at-occupy-atlantas-base/