Comments on: Photos from the Occupy Wall Street National Day of Action http://boingboing.net/2011/11/18/photos-from-the-occupy-wall-st.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/11/18/photos-from-the-occupy-wall-st.html#comment-1274308 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=130303#comment-1274308 <blockquote>Funny, the first photo makes me think of a WW2 POW camp commandant addressing the prisoners in a hissy fit.</blockquote> Or <i>This is rumor control!</i>  We all know how that ends.

Funny, the first photo makes me think of a WW2 POW camp commandant addressing the prisoners in a hissy fit.

Or This is rumor control!  We all know how that ends.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2011/11/18/photos-from-the-occupy-wall-st.html#comment-1274290 digi_owl Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=130303#comment-1274290 Funny, the first photo makes me think of a WW2 POW camp commandant addressing the prisoners in a hissy fit. Funny, the first photo makes me think of a WW2 POW camp commandant addressing the prisoners in a hissy fit.

]]> By: digi_owl http://boingboing.net/2011/11/18/photos-from-the-occupy-wall-st.html#comment-1274291 digi_owl Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=130303#comment-1274291 I have gotten a similar impression of the soldiers. I have gotten a similar impression of the soldiers.

]]> By: Lauren Read http://boingboing.net/2011/11/18/photos-from-the-occupy-wall-st.html#comment-1274226 Lauren Read Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=130303#comment-1274226 I respect the institution of police authority for the ideal of public safety.  It is certainly true, however, that certain policemen/women are so the instigators, looking for -- no, creating -- reasons to arrest and interfere.  Oh, well.  I am becoming a little disenchanted at OWS, but actually more empassioned to make something of it.  http://OccupyGovernment.org is working on the 2012 elections.  We can have a fair, non-corporate Congress.  Look at these tools we have been using to spread news these past few months; now use them for change.  A change in lawmakers makes for easier changes in law. I respect the institution of police authority for the ideal of public safety.  It is certainly true, however, that certain policemen/women are so the instigators, looking for — no, creating — reasons to arrest and interfere.  Oh, well.  I am becoming a little disenchanted at OWS, but actually more empassioned to make something of it.  http://OccupyGovernment.org is working on the 2012 elections.  We can have a fair, non-corporate Congress.  Look at these tools we have been using to spread news these past few months; now use them for change.  A change in lawmakers makes for easier changes in law.

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2011/11/18/photos-from-the-occupy-wall-st.html#comment-1274189 peregrinus Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=130303#comment-1274189 Cops in the US really are comparatively 'heavier boned' than their international counterparts.  And they seem to just lurv megaphone photo-opps - 'jus' keeping the populace safe, ma'am'. Cops in the US really are comparatively ‘heavier boned’ than their international counterparts.  And they seem to just lurv megaphone photo-opps – ‘jus’ keeping the populace safe, ma’am’.

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