Forum Post: Don't Block The Streets, Please
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 3, 2011, 11:04 p.m. EST by Dirt
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from Abilene, TX
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I'm not taking sides here. If you want to protest something, good for you. But when you're staging large demonstrations, people can get hurt. By blocking the streets (as with the Brooklyn Bridge demonstration) you are preventing people from getting to work. Sure, you're preventing people you're protesting against from getting to work, but you're also preventing doctors, nurses, paramedics and firemen from getting to work too. At some point throughout your day of protesting, you may need one of these people to save your life in the event of an accident or injury. I'm not saying don't protest, I'm saying protest in a way that doesn't prevent vitally important emergency personnel from doing their job to protect you and other innocent people.
you are missing the truth. what happened is protesters were corralled into the streets by the police and then the story gets changed and the pigs lie about what actually happened.
Like I said, I'm not talking sides. I wasn't there, and I'm assuming you weren't either, considering you location is listed as Santa Barbara. The point is that there are two sides to every story. Either way, emergency personnel were prevented from getting to their jobs. Not saying who's fault it was, just throwing it out there for everyone to consider.
the way you phrase it most certainly does issue blame and take sides.
That's not my intention at all. I'm all for the right to peacefully assemble and protest. But I'm also all for people getting the emergency care that they need. The initial statement was meant to be a request to be considered, not a condemnation, and that's where I'm leaving it.
ok. i'm just tuff love <defending> over here. thanks for your thoughts.
the way you phrase it most certainly does issue blame and take sides.
It was Saturday at 3 in the afternoon, not rush hour. And the original intention was not to block the bridge. Most of the marchers went up on the pedestrian walkway and the ones who went on the bridge were ina closed lane, following police.
I'm pretty sure it was just a mistake. Protests aren't perfect? But the idea will fight on. I'm sure they didn't mean to give anyone hardship thru that.