Comments on: No Mayor Has The Power to Deny Anyone Their Right to Peacefully Assemble

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 02:15:06 +0000

Rapists are sick minds who wish to dominate another human being, it is about power not need. That should sound familiar to you, basic human needs go far beyond your power tripping mentality of subsistence survival for anyone not earning a big buck. You know what, I am wasting my time. You are an idiot that cannot see past his own “needs” I’ll bet your mother in the nursing home hates you.

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By: Shiva (Moderator)

Shiva (Moderator) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:32:08 +0000

Wealth distribution is defined many ways. The way it is defined by Obama and by people who understand what wealth distribution is, is by the fact that the middle class is working and has the proper amount of purchasing power. The wealth distribution in this country should be 20% at the top, 60% in the middle and 20% at the bottom. Right now it is 80% at the top, and 20% left over for the rest. No country will survive like that unless they survive like Feudal medieval England

The people protesting are protesting the social disparity in our population. The US ranks 93rd among nations in inequity between the rich and the poor. We rank below Iran and India. Are you a fan of that?

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By: Miles S.

Miles S. — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:21:21 +0000

First of all, I have to say that I don’t agree 100% with the protests and this article. Not a big fan of “wealth redistribution” or taxing the rich into poverty. I have never been imployed by a rich man.
But with all of that aside, I do believe in that if the protesters are peaceful and clear, they should protest to there hearts content. I do not give a rat’s ass on how much the legal system spins their take on the Constitution, it clearly states the right to peaceful assembly. Not “right to peaceful assemble where, when, and how we tell you”. Isn’t all local, state, and federal buildings taxpayer owned and funded anyways?
I’m not out there protesting because I don’t agree with it, but just because I don’t agree with something doesn’t mean I should be able to force my will upon others. All protest are people just demonstrating their opinion. We all know opinions are like assholes, everybody’s got one. The only problem is that 98% of them stink! That implies that the remaining 2% smell pretty damn good.at least to you they do. In other words, people always align themselves with others who think in parallel with them. They don’t reach out and learn someone else’s position, they are just eagerly willing to attack when they don’t agree with them. My sister used to think along the lines of wealth redistribution until her and her husband started their own business. They work around the clock and do fairly well for themselves. They are by no means poor, but they are not millionaires either. They are paying a bucket load of taxes. Its not just the down trodden getting hosed, its everyone. Granted there are some rich scum bags out there dodging taxes, but there not just a problem with the tax structure, the whole system is in disrepair. There are people who have been carrying a lot of the burden while other’s ride out the system as long as its willing to give. The root of all crime, violent or white-collar, is greed. Someone wants what someone else has. Simple as that. We have forgotten as a people that there is a difference between wanting and needing. We need to breath, eat, and have shelter. We want cars, nice houses, and fancy electronics.
A rapist attacks because he “thinks” he needs his victim, but really he just wants what he cannot obtain through conventional means. A Bernie Madoff type does the same thing but now the want has become a monster with an appetite that can never be satisfied. Our laziness and wants for bigger better things is getting the best of us.

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By: williambanzai7

williambanzai7 — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:31:31 +0000

I agreed with everything until you laid it all on the Republicans, the Democrats and Republican establishment are all part of the same corrupt beast and that is also what the OWS movement is saying.

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By: K

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 02:56:41 +0000

Every mayor has 3 responsibilities regarding this matter, to provide a place to peacefully assemble ,exercise free speech and to instruct the local police force to protect the citizens right to do so.

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