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There is no reason why these people cannot protest unhindered. With that said, there are a lot of issues just by the nature of these protests. Generally speaking protests is where you show up for ten hours - then go home. But the very nature of these protests are borderline illegal. These are public parks, not campgrounds. The park they are using in NYC doesn't have bathroom facilities for hundreds of people over a long term. They can't be serving food in bulk without permits.
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oh well send in some port-a-potty's and some military rations
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Protesters have rights. But so do the citizens and business in the area of the park. They don't want war drums being beat at 2am, and they don't want hundreds of people being served on the street. It's a public park, not a circus.
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i don't see it as a huge problem.. if it went on for months , then sure.
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And I love your comment about how we can afford to bail out the banks, so we can afford to clean up our parks. No, we can't.
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yes we can.. we waste money right and left this is a drop in the bucket.. charge it to the banks that got the bailouts
stop giving handouts to israel you could buy every protester a new house
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This is a democracy
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then let's vote on it..
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We should have let the banks fail.
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we should have built a time machine.
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But it's costing our cities millions of dollars that they cannot afford.
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the banks cost us billions, i don't see a problem.. like i said , bill the banks..
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They are targeting "corporate greed" which is vague
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not really , they are saying we are pissed , be prepared to be yanked from your castles if you don't fix it. Like i said , i don't agree with the approach but that's why i am not there..
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while forcing local cities to pay the bill for police, clean up, and damages. For some cities, this is coming out to millions of dollars.
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boohoo. i paid for the bailouts , i am paying for the cleanup. the difference is i paid 1000 times more for the bailouts.. so i am a little pissed at having to pay to cleanup after protesters , i am 1000 times more pissed at the bailouts