Zuccotti Park in fall
As the tents, trash, feces, urine and assaults pile up in New York's Zuccotti Park and more workers are being laid off by businesses in the area, the question begs: When will New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg say that enough is enough and have the loiterers cleared out and/or charged with loitering?
A wider question might be what the Hell does this guy Bloomberg do day in and day out?
This is the same guy that declared that the recent 9-11 10-year commemoration would not have room for first responders. This is the same guy that decided there would be no religious participation, no clergy involved. We all know the reason for that.
So now, New York City is graced by the presence of a bunch of grifters who have decided they don't like Wall Street or some such nonsense. Therefore, they have taken over a city park, which I presume had heretofore been used by families to walk their dogs, let their children run and play or simply take a walk. No more.
"Whose park?"
"Our park."
"Whose city?"
"Our city."
Indeed. What say you, Mr Mayor?
Here is a fix for what to do about the "Occupiers"
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAOrT0OcHh0
Sour grapes, Mr. Fouse.
ReplyDeleteBut come to think of it, the Chinese government certainly took to your line of thinking in 1989.
Siarlys,
ReplyDeleteWho is advocating having tanks run over people or shoot them?
I don't believe the Chinese government decided to have tanks run over people. They decided that the army should clear the square. People didn't quietly march out, disperse, and go home, and in the ensuing events, a few people got run over. Something similar, probably without tanks, could happen again.
ReplyDeleteMajority opinion in America thought that the Chinese government should grant the rather vague and general demands for democracy that protesters were asking for, not clear the square, even if it could have been done without fatalities.
And, remember, that most of the Chinese leadership in 1989 had been bullied by Red Guards in the 1960s, which left them pathologically uninclined to treat with ANY student-led movement.
So, you will start by attempting to peacefully clear the square as a matter of public order. And then...
By the way, I recently visited Occupy Pittsburgh, after the church I attended this week took up a collection at the door to support it. A rather old and traditional church I might add. It is a bit grubby and sloppy, but sanitation is good.