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(I helped save b3ta! Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:41, archived)
# Hahaha I love this story.
There was a chap last week saying how he had to leave the protest as he had "a mortgage, wife and kids".

It's like the Glastonbury of protests.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:48, archived)
# What are you talking about?
If you read the articles in the links above you'll see that the tents are occupied when they're supposed to be, i.e. at night. Not during the daytime when the Daily Telegraph pictures were taken - you can use thermal imagers during the day you know.

"Local councillor Matthew Richardson has been widely quoted in the press saying that the police's thermal imaging showed 90 percent of the Occupy tents are empty overnight -- but when Kingsley tried to verify the statistic, he discovered that it was unverifiable. The police denied having originated the number, and the Councillor then changed his story, saying the statistic didn't come from "official sources." The Daily Telegraph, meanwhile, is using flaky thermal cameras trained on the tents before the protesters' normal bedtime to "prove" that it's all a Potemkin village"
(I helped save b3ta! Ysol ab abl blap, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 14:49, archived)
# haha
i love how the press try to find any angle to demonise these people rather than address the bloody issue. I don;t know why it matters if they don't sleep there?.
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 10:49, archived)
# It's not really that difficult to find the angle - they've kind of set themselves up for the fall.
"What do we want?"

"An end to capitalism!"

"When do we want it?"

"After I've finished my McDonald's breakfast, Starbucks coffee, had a hot shower, paid a few bills, fed the cat and put on some clean clothes!"
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:16, archived)
# Sadly there's no small city farm near St. Pauls where they can barter for eggs and milk
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:17, archived)
# Barter? You mean ...
enter into a potentially capitalist system?

What are you - some kind of NAZI?!
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:19, archived)
# are they wanting an end to capitalism?
I thought it was controls to be reinstated on the banking systems so that the rich/poor divide isn't so vast
(I helped save b3ta! HappyToast Groat froth, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:22, archived)
# This is very reminiscent of Ian Hislop's debate with Louise Mensch on Friday HIGNFY
(I helped save b3ta! Extinct Jesus Dossier "...I think it counteracts Hitler's magic...", Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:32, archived)
# In which
one over priveledged Oxbridge graduate argued with another over priveledged Oxbridge graduate over who could creep up to the lefty audience the most
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:46, archived)
# hahahaha this
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:07, archived)
# yes I lost a lot of respect for him over that - playing for laughs in lieu of addressing the point.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:08, archived)
# and for those who wish to make up their own minds what Hislop did
clip is here:
youtu.be/xNuUP8GX4AU
(I helped save b3ta! Manic can teach you the secret of fire, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:08, archived)
# I think the top comment has it about right.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:25, archived)
# They gave her an excellent trashing.
I enjoyed it.
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:11, archived)
# Nah.
She was simply shouted down by Guardian readers.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:14, archived)
# Quite frankly, I'd punishfuck her
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 14:55, archived)
# yeah you're right
fuck em with their hipster concerns and feeling they need to do something, and needing to eat and wash n'stuff
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:27, archived)
# I do think that if they've went to all this trouble, why haven't they brought a packed lunch?
And I'm sure there's other independent businesses they could go to. They should be aware that they are being scrutinised.
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:44, archived)
# THIS!
I don't think anyone feels they shouldn't have a cup of coffee.
But just go to one one of the countless independent coffee shops round there rather than bloody Starbucks.
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:47, archived)
# But as soon as they do
people start complaining about them not being in their tents!
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:13, archived)
# just to clarify...
are these IR images taken during the night or during the day?
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:57, archived)
# I bet
they assumed people might actually be focused on the bigger urgent issues rather than what logo was on their bloody packed lunch or if they stay in the tent overnight. silly hipsters
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:00, archived)
# well then, they're fucking stupid aren't they?!
if you're trying to make a change, then you're trying to change hearts and minds. If you're of a similar mindset, you aren't going to care because it's the message that matters.

To those whose minds they are trying to change, they'll be looking for any reason to discount this act as just whinging hippiness, because people inherently fear change unless they are the ones driving it.

If they don't think that, as "ambassadors" for their cause, they aren't being watched like hawks by those willing to twist it around, then they are naive!
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:04, archived)
# I guess they never got your memo
do you have any evidence for these conclusions you've drawn then?
I mean you've obviously been down there and spoken to each individual protestor, found out what each of them is protesting and has issue with and then inspected the contents of their lunchbox matching it up to their individual issue by the sounds of it
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:28, archived)
# I'm sorry...
you've posted three lines of absolutely fuck all...
it's simple sweetheart:

1) pick a point
2) run with it

it's not hard
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:45, archived)
# I guess that's a 'no' then
you seem ok with calling them all stupid and other generalisations, implying they're hypocritical without even knowing which are actually anti-capitalist protestors or which ones are just protesting change within the financial sector. and try not to take it so personally, its only a debate, chill
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:49, archived)
# you're right...
because I have not been down to St. Pauls and met every single one of these protestors, I'm not allowed to have an opinion on any proportion (small or large) of said protestors' lacking the strength of their convictions...
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:55, archived)
# there's nowt wrong with having an opinion
but an opinion is only as good as the accurate info you've got to form it. Don't be suprised when someone is going to ask you what you're basing your assumptions and generalisations on
(I helped save b3ta! Clay hopes this bit is long enough to promote my websi, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:59, archived)
# the assumptions/generalisations on what?
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 14:03, archived)
# the bigger issues ...
that they're perpetuating by continuing to support them through their continued entering into the market, you mean?
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:06, archived)
# haha
the Paul Newman's Eyes chap has got the quote he uses as the title wrong, and therefore cannot be trusted.
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:00, archived)
# Damn his pants are hot!
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 11:11, archived)
# also...
why shouldn't people be irked if the protestors are fucking off home?

It's like going on hunger strike but popping off for fish and chips when no-one's looking
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 12:00, archived)
# You're right
How can they possibly expect anyone to believe they have a point if they don't sleep in the cold on the pavement to prove it? eh? eh?
(I helped save b3ta! Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:15, archived)
# that's clearly not what I'm driving at...
next time I'll draw a picture with crayons...

I clearly have an issue with anyone lacking the strength of their convictions.

if you're going to be part of a "sit-in" then SIT IN! What's the problem with that? It shows that people are willing to sacrifice for their cause, it's the whole point of it...
(likeajackhammer, Wed 26 Oct 2011, 13:50, archived)