Those dadblamed pesky OWS'ers!

Guess those entitlement snowflake, dirty, filthy, hippie scum, cesspool of humanity OWS protesters just gave up and went home as so many predicted they would when the going got rough and the weather got cold.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/23/1057548/-So-You-Think-Occupy-Wall-Street-Has-Faded-Think-Again?via=siderec

Didn't I read something just the other day about these wonderful samples of human compassion being asked to vacate a church that had opened their doors and given them a place to lay their weary heads at night after the cover for the baptismal font was stolen?

Yep,

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/01/22/desecration-at-church-leads-nyc-pastor-to-evict-occupy-wall-street/

and they also 'occupy' homes that someone else owns.....

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ows_home_invasion_z9ApqDP6Q0boFviq8CjvAL

Real nice people......

Five people at the Occupy L.A. encampment have been charged with separate crimes, including a man who allegedly exposed himself and commited a sex act in front of a child, officials said Tuesday.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/occupy-la-five-charged-with-crimes.html

OmniScience wrote: Yep,

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/01/22/desecration-at-church-leads-nyc-pastor-to-evict-occupy-wall-street/

and they also 'occupy' homes that someone else owns.....

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ows_home_invasion_z9ApqDP6Q0boFviq8CjvAL

Real nice people......

Five people at the Occupy L.A. encampment have been charged with separate crimes, including a man who allegedly exposed himself and commited a sex act in front of a child, officials said Tuesday.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/occupy-la-five-charged-with-crimes.html

Yep, and from the same article you quote from CBS:

They agreed to find other places to stay within two weeks, and to find an artisan who can make a replacement for the sacred piece if they don’t find it. “Which I think would be a beautiful solution if that would come about,” said Brashear. The pastor says he still supports the protest.

It is my understanding, from further research, that the artifact was, in fact, found in another room inside the church itself. Who knows who actually put it there? Sounds to me like the parties involved in this came to an amicable agreement.

As far as the NY Post article is concerned, that's old news and the Post isn't the most reliable source for factual information out there in the "media" realm anyway. Just another link to a little different "take" on the Occupy Foreclosed Homes issue: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-12-09/opinion/opinion_kohn-occupy-homes_1_needy-homes-unemployment-rate-home-values?_s=PM:OPINION

Finally, the LA incident is interesting from the perspective that it says:

Five people at (emphasis mine) the Occupy L.A. encampment have been charged with separate crimes

The article does not identify these individuals as "members" of the Occupy Movement. Just because they were in the Occupy encampment does not mean they were part of the movement, itself. Unless you can provide factual information that implicates these individuals as actual members of the movement, your argument, in my opinion, is invalid.

Your response is symptomatic of a major problem in our society that I often mention. Its ALWAYS someone else's fault. Your argument is like saying that 2 people at a Broncos game were in a fight, but it's a stretch to say they were football fans.

If you want to believe that crimes committed by people at OWS camps are not involved in the movement, fine. However, unless you can provide factual information that these individuals are not part of the movement then your suggestion that they are not is invalid.

Oh...Kind of like proving a negative. Got it.

zhawke wrote: Finally, the LA incident is interesting from the perspective that it says:

Five people at (emphasis mine) the Occupy L.A. encampment have been charged with separate crimes

The article does not identify these individuals as "members" of the Occupy Movement. Just because they were in the Occupy encampment does not mean they were part of the movement, itself. Unless you can provide factual information that implicates these individuals as actual members of the movement, your argument, in my opinion, is invalid.

C'mon Omni - you know that no respectable OWS member would be caught dead at the actual encampment for their movement. No one other than vagrants actually hang out there after all. Why I'm betting that 99% of those at the encampment have absolutely no affiliation with the movement itself.

PrintSmith wrote:

zhawke wrote: Finally, the LA incident is interesting from the perspective that it says:

Five people at (emphasis mine) the Occupy L.A. encampment have been charged with separate crimes

The article does not identify these individuals as "members" of the Occupy Movement. Just because they were in the Occupy encampment does not mean they were part of the movement, itself. Unless you can provide factual information that implicates these individuals as actual members of the movement, your argument, in my opinion, is invalid.

C'mon Omni - you know that no respectable OWS member would be caught dead at the actual encampment for their movement. No one other than vagrants actually hang out there after all. Why I'm betting that 99% of those at the encampment have absolutely no affiliation with the movement itself.

You may be right. I was at the Occupy camp in San Francisco during the week of Thanksgiving last Nov. 2011, and that's all I saw was homeless, drug addicts and people with mental illness (I have the pictures to prove it). I talked to them, I took pictures, I saw their unintelligible signs, listened to their unintelligible rants... if there was really any organized and sincere occupy people there... they were probably hiding from the scum.

OmniScience wrote: Your response is symptomatic of a major problem in our society that I often mention. Its ALWAYS someone else's fault. Your argument is like saying that 2 people at a Broncos game were in a fight, but it's a stretch to say they were football fans.

If you want to believe that crimes committed by people at OWS camps are not involved in the movement, fine. However, unless you can provide factual information that these individuals are not part of the movement then your suggestion that they are not is invalid.

Okay, if your posit is true, then it's also like saying if someone here on 285Bound posts something really stupid in one of the forums, then everyone on 285Bound is an idiot. And, as far as the last part of your posit is concerned, you posted the link to an article, I did not. I called you on it. It is not my responsibility to defend your invalid argument. That is solely up to you.

PrintSmith wrote:

zhawke wrote: Finally, the LA incident is interesting from the perspective that it says:

Five people at (emphasis mine) the Occupy L.A. encampment have been charged with separate crimes

The article does not identify these individuals as "members" of the Occupy Movement. Just because they were in the Occupy encampment does not mean they were part of the movement, itself. Unless you can provide factual information that implicates these individuals as actual members of the movement, your argument, in my opinion, is invalid.

C'mon Omni - you know that no respectable OWS member would be caught dead at the actual encampment for their movement. No one other than vagrants actually hang out there after all. Why I'm betting that 99% of those at the encampment have absolutely no affiliation with the movement itself.

Snark, snark, winky, winky.