Comments on: Occupy Wall Street sign of the day: Sasha, 7, painting "Homes for the Homeless" http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1241139 Cowicide Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1241139 <blockquote>I'm 25, bought a house by myself ... From my point of view, "house for the homeless" = "money for the poors" = "money for lazy people".</blockquote> While you were lost within your own self-satisfaction, you didn't notice the true message before your eyes. This little girl's parents explained the intent of her message. But that stays on the periphery of your mind.

I’m 25, bought a house by myself … From my point of view, “house for the homeless” = “money for the poors” = “money for lazy people”.

While you were lost within your own self-satisfaction,
you didn’t notice the true message before your eyes.
This little girl’s parents explained the intent of her message.
But that stays on the periphery of your mind.

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239988 Navin_Johnson Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239988 You mean like a TARP for the rest us? You mean like a TARP for the rest us?

]]> By: Aaron Swain http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239918 Aaron Swain Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239918 That's awesome! I think your kid is gonna be OKAY! :) That’s awesome! I think your kid is gonna be OKAY! :)

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239916 Cowicide Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239916 <blockquote>I regret to say that there are no "good guys".  It's all convenient, subjective perception based upon what is the most politically correct internet theme of the moment. Read all the comments and see if it's not true.</blockquote> Go outdoors.  Meet people face to face and you might have a different opinion, geekcalif.  Reboot yourself.

I regret to say that there are no “good guys”.  It’s all convenient, subjective perception based upon what is the most politically correct internet theme of the moment. Read all the comments and see if it’s not true.

Go outdoors.  Meet people face to face and you might have a different opinion, geekcalif.  Reboot yourself.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239908 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239908 <blockquote>"Homes for the homeless"? I bet millions of people would quit working.</blockquote> I could qualify for disability.  And yet, here I am working more than full-time.  Maybe I'm just an angelic being of moral uprightness.  Or maybe I'm just normal and most people would rather contribute to society.  I'm betting on the latter.

“Homes for the homeless”?

I bet millions of people would quit working.

I could qualify for disability.  And yet, here I am working more than full-time.  Maybe I’m just an angelic being of moral uprightness.  Or maybe I’m just normal and most people would rather contribute to society.  I’m betting on the latter.

]]> By: geekcalif http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239889 geekcalif Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239889 @ trunstyle: "Perhaps we could use more adults who think like 7 year olds." You may be more correct than you think.  The media and political system already treats grown, experienced adults as such. @ trunstyle: “Perhaps we could use more adults who think like 7 year olds.”

You may be more correct than you think.  The media and political system already treats grown, experienced adults as such.

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239860 millie fink Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239860 <i>"I think black people are smarter than white people. Because it seems like more black people are homeless. And it must be hard being homeless because you have to figure out where to get your water and food and where to sleep, so you have to be smart." </i> Fantastic. One for the ages. There's a lot to back up that particular insight. More generally, the common non-black suspicion of black incompetence is so ironic. As is the common lack of non-black awareness of the smarts required on the part of black people to navigate through what remains a subtly racist social order. “I think black people are smarter than white people. Because it seems like more black people are homeless. And it must be hard being homeless because you have to figure out where to get your water and food and where to sleep, so you have to be smart.” 

Fantastic. One for the ages. There’s a lot to back up that particular insight. More generally, the common non-black suspicion of black incompetence is so ironic. As is the common lack of non-black awareness of the smarts required on the part of black people to navigate through what remains a subtly racist social order.

]]> By: turnstyle http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239812 turnstyle Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239812 "I can't believe that there aren't discussions going on in their home about the woes of the world and the homeless problem. I guarantee you that she gets her political ideals and her catch phrases from her parents. Truly original? There is no such thing." Of course we talk about the world, both good and bad. We (the adults) share our opinions, but also try to present differing viewpoints fairly. We also live in NYC, and when a seven-year-old sees somebody sleeping on the sidewalk she's going to ask questions. As to whether she is putting her own thought into this, I'll share something she told me recently: "I think black people are smarter than white people. Because it seems like more black people are homeless. And it must be hard being homeless because you have to figure out where to get your water and food and where to sleep, so you have to be smart." That's certainly not some "catch phrase" we fed her, and it still strikes me as a rather surprising thought. Lastly, I don't mean to sound like she's single-mindedly obsessed with this issue. But she does see people in need of help, and in an innocent seven-year-old kind of way, she wishes for them to be helped. “I can’t believe that there aren’t discussions going on in their home about the woes of the world and the homeless problem. I guarantee you that she gets her political ideals and her catch phrases from her parents. Truly original? There is no such thing.”

Of course we talk about the world, both good and bad. We (the adults) share our opinions, but also try to present differing viewpoints fairly. We also live in NYC, and when a seven-year-old sees somebody sleeping on the sidewalk she’s going to ask questions.

As to whether she is putting her own thought into this, I’ll share something she told me recently:

“I think black people are smarter than white people. Because it seems like more black people are homeless. And it must be hard being homeless because you have to figure out where to get your water and food and where to sleep, so you have to be smart.” That’s certainly not some “catch phrase” we fed her, and it still strikes me as a rather surprising thought.

Lastly, I don’t mean to sound like she’s single-mindedly obsessed with this issue. But she does see people in need of help, and in an innocent seven-year-old kind of way, she wishes for them to be helped.

]]> By: pddxxx http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239757 pddxxx Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239757 How about "Everything Free for Everyone". I mean, people want things, don't they? Why can't our all-powerful government just provide it for them? For free. How about “Everything Free for Everyone”. I mean, people want things, don’t they? Why can’t our all-powerful government just provide it for them? For free.

]]> By: Sarah Shevett http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239748 Sarah Shevett Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239748 I can't believe that there aren't discussions going on in their home about the woes of the world and the homeless problem. I guarantee you that she gets her political ideals and her catch phrases from her parents. Truly original? There is no such thing. I can’t believe that there aren’t discussions going on in their home about the woes of the world and the homeless problem. I guarantee you that she gets her political ideals and her catch phrases from her parents.
Truly original? There is no such thing.

]]> By: geekcalif http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239719 geekcalif Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239719 I regret to say that there are no "good guys".  It's all convenient, subjective perception based upon what is the most politically correct internet theme of the moment. Read all the comments and see if it's not true. I regret to say that there are no “good guys”.  It’s all convenient, subjective perception based upon what is the most politically correct internet theme of the moment.

Read all the comments and see if it’s not true.

]]> By: Roxanne http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239714 Roxanne Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239714 The interesting thing about her statement is that typically children will get their "political ideals" or catch phrases from their parents. This idea doesn't seem to fit what is going around at the moment (the 99% catchphrases, et. al.) so this appears to be something truly original that this little girl who wants something nice for the world created of her own mind. Simple, and sensible, she wants everyone to have a home. Why can't politicians be smart like her? The interesting thing about her statement is that typically children will get their “political ideals” or catch phrases from their parents. This idea doesn’t seem to fit what is going around at the moment (the 99% catchphrases, et. al.) so this appears to be something truly original that this little girl who wants something nice for the world created of her own mind. Simple, and sensible, she wants everyone to have a home. Why can’t politicians be smart like her?

]]> By: Robin goodfellow http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239679 Robin goodfellow Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239679 "She asked us what she should write, and we told her to write something she thought would make the world a nicer place." Kudos for making it her choice instead of telling her "write this".  What many people are lacking today is the ability to think for themselves and teaching her kindness and to make her own decisions are the best lessons you can give her. “She asked us what she should write, and we told her to write something she thought would make the world a nicer place.”
Kudos for making it her choice instead of telling her “write this”.  What many people are lacking today is the ability to think for themselves and teaching her kindness and to make her own decisions are the best lessons you can give her.

]]> By: jtiii http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239592 jtiii Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239592 I nominate this picture to be the new full-time unicorn chaser to anything.  Absolutely makes me feel warmer and fuzzier than any ol' one horned horsey! I nominate this picture to be the new full-time unicorn chaser to anything.  Absolutely makes me feel warmer and fuzzier than any ol’ one horned horsey!

]]> By: turnstyle http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239567 turnstyle Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239567 "A 7 year old who wants to help make the world a better place is a wonderful thing. I don't think people are really critiquing the 7 year old so much as the adults that think like 7 year olds." Perhaps we could use more adults who think like 7 year olds.  ;) “A 7 year old who wants to help make the world a better place is a wonderful thing. I don’t think people are really critiquing the 7 year old so much as the adults that think like 7 year olds.”

Perhaps we could use more adults who think like 7 year olds.  ;)

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239550 Moriarty Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239550 A 7 year old who wants to help make the world a better place is a wonderful thing. I don't think people are really critiquing the 7 year old so much as the adults that think like 7 year olds. A 7 year old who wants to help make the world a better place is a wonderful thing. I don’t think people are really critiquing the 7 year old so much as the adults that think like 7 year olds.

]]> By: Michael Leung http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239538 Michael Leung Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239538 It won't be long before it's spun in the media as "SHOCKER: Child brainwashed by parents into joining evil domestic terrorism protest!" It won’t be long before it’s spun in the media as “SHOCKER: Child brainwashed by parents into joining evil domestic terrorism protest!”

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239521 millie fink Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239521 Your daughter rocks, and you do too, for encouraging the best in her. World's Best Dad! Your daughter rocks, and you do too, for encouraging the best in her. World’s Best Dad!

]]> By: turnstyle http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239500 turnstyle Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239500 Hi all, I'm the dad. Funny that a few commenters  decided to economically critique a seven-year-old. :) She asked us what she should write, and we told her to write something she thought would make the world a nicer place. She thinks it's not nice that some people are homeless. Don't worry, she hasn't yet completed her Keynesian analysis. :) Hi all, I’m the dad. Funny that a few commenters  decided to economically critique a seven-year-old. :) She asked us what she should write, and we told her to write something she thought would make the world a nicer place.

She thinks it’s not nice that some people are homeless.

Don’t worry, she hasn’t yet completed her Keynesian analysis. :)

]]> By: Felicitas http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239499 Felicitas Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239499 Wondering what your spelling was like when you were seven... Wondering what your spelling was like when you were seven…

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239473 Mister44 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239473 Keep going - I was almost there... ;oP Keep going – I was almost there… ;oP

]]> By: twodimensionalme http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239472 twodimensionalme Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239472 I'm Italian, but this is kind of international. People here are fighting because the government doesn't give them a secure job for their lifes.  Meanwhile they got older, turned 35 and forgot to build a family. "Ah, this is Berlusconi's, Bush's, Obama's fault!". I bet they would be so happy to get a house for free, while I started working when I was 19, now I'm 25, bought a house by myself (help of my wife) and waiting for my first baby. From my point of view, "house for the homeless" = "money for the poors" = "money for lazy people". I’m Italian, but this is kind of international.

People here are fighting because the government doesn’t give them a secure job for their lifes. 
Meanwhile they got older, turned 35 and forgot to build a family. “Ah, this is Berlusconi’s, Bush’s, Obama’s fault!”.

I bet they would be so happy to get a house for free, while I started working when I was 19, now I’m 25, bought a house by myself (help of my wife) and waiting for my first baby.

From my point of view, “house for the homeless” = “money for the poors” = “money for lazy people”.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239460 Cowicide Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239460 <blockquote>"Homes for the homeless"?  I bet millions of people would quit working.</blockquote> Great job betting against your fellow Americans!

“Homes for the homeless”?  I bet millions of people would quit working.

Great job betting against your fellow Americans!

]]> By: twodimensionalme http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239454 twodimensionalme Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239454 "Homes for the homeless"? I bet millions of people would quit working. “Homes for the homeless”?

I bet millions of people would quit working.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239451 Cowicide Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239451 Did you just use "penetrating" and "pool boys" in the same sentence? And, are you sure it didn't say 99% cotton?   ;D Did you just use “penetrating” and “pool boys” in the same sentence? And, are you sure it didn’t say 99% cotton?   ;D

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239446 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239446 I saw a 60ish gay man wearing a handmade 99% tee shirt the other day. In Palm Springs! That was pretty surprising. Apparently, word is penetrating even to the land of pool boys and collagen. I saw a 60ish gay man wearing a handmade 99% tee shirt the other day. In Palm Springs! That was pretty surprising. Apparently, word is penetrating even to the land of pool boys and collagen.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239442 Cowicide Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239442 Great odds. Great odds.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239429 Cowicide Tue, 11 Oct 2011 08:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239429 <b>Geraldo flees Occupy Wall Street to chants of FOX News LIES</b> Watch him sweat and turn red with anger and embarrassment. The best part is at the end, of course. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88YUQ8C5qEI Geraldo flees Occupy Wall Street to chants of FOX News LIES
Watch him sweat and turn red with anger and embarrassment. The best part is at the end, of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88YUQ8C5qEI

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239399 Cowicide Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239399 <b>Veterans ATTACKED by Police</b> at #occupyboston.  There's been injuries and ambulances at the scene.  This just happened tonight.  See it for yourself.  Warning, it's gets really disturbing/intense at the end. It even looks like the cops LITERALLY stomp over an American flag in the process of spitting in the face of our vets and our American way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu63e7QD_5k If you've been sitting on the fence about this movement.  Now is the time to stand up for your fellow Americans.  <i>It's ON.</i> If you're a cop and you are reading this. It's time for you to STAND UP and support the American people. These aristocrats who don't care about you or American citizens are making you nothing more than corporate lackeys to do their dirty work. Unite with Americans, not these traitors. Veterans ATTACKED by Police at #occupyboston.  There’s been injuries and ambulances at the scene.  This just happened tonight.  See it for yourself.  Warning, it’s gets really disturbing/intense at the end. It even looks like the cops LITERALLY stomp over an American flag in the process of spitting in the face of our vets and our American way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu63e7QD_5k

If you’ve been sitting on the fence about this movement.  Now is the time to stand up for your fellow Americans.  It’s ON.

If you’re a cop and you are reading this. It’s time for you to STAND UP and support the American people. These aristocrats who don’t care about you or American citizens are making you nothing more than corporate lackeys to do their dirty work. Unite with Americans, not these traitors.

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2011/10/10/sasha-7-painting-occupy-wall-street-sign-homes-for-the-homeless.html#comment-1239392 Cowicide Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122595#comment-1239392 <b>Marine vets at Occupy Wall Street tell Sean Hannity what they frankly think of him.</b> [language nsfw as you can imagine] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aaTGsGdp4c Marine vets at Occupy Wall Street tell Sean Hannity what they frankly think of him.
[language nsfw as you can imagine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aaTGsGdp4c

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