Originally Posted by Rochard

Of course there is a way to prevent them from being a part of OWS.

They need to grow the fuck up and protest like adults. Put away the tents and the little circus thing - this attracts the homeless and the criminals. Have a protest weekly, every Saturday. Have them at different locations. The protesters who really believe in this will find out where the protests are via social networking, etc - the homeless won't. The criminals won't show up because a group of protesters hanging out for a few hours is a lot less tempting than a full time encampment in a public park.