More on occupy Wall Street.

    Think of this as a kind of follow-up to unborn's post (probably below, but I don't know, he might be messing with things again).

    So, to summarize what unborn said, for those of you too lazy to scroll (I know, sometimes the resistance on that scroll wheel is pretty tough); the main point of the Occupy protests is to show popular discontent toward the fact that 5% of the population in this country hold 50% of the money. If you want more detailed numbers and proof and such, see unborn's post.

    This is my criticism of the protest.

    While I 101% agree with the message that the movement is trying to get out there, they are going about it completely wrong.

    These people, instead of telling people about there problems, being friendly, and talking about their problems; are alienating, confusing, and annoying people. The employees in the bathrooms in the many coffee shops on wall street might even support their movement, if the protesters walked in, bought a coffee, and chatted about why they were there and what they were doing. Instead, they walk in, use the bathroom, and walk out. This would probably lead the employees there to think that the protesters are just a bunch of inconsiderate jerks who are angry about something or other. 

    Now with Occupy Oakland, there is a completely different story. These protests are now a rallying call 'LOOK AT THIS POLICE BRUTALITY' people are saying, 'THE POLICE WERE UNPROVOKED BY THE INNOCENT PROTESTERS AND THEN THEY MOVED IN A TEAR GASSED THEM'. 

I'm sorry, moderately annoyed people, but you're quite mistaken.

    Sure, the original movement was about non-violence. But watch this video from the English newspaper, The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/nov/03/occupy-oakland-protest-port-video

     What we see here is protesters who are clearly a teensy bit angry smashing windows, lighting things on fire, looting, and throwing fireworks and the police. Now, if the police at this point were not willing to move in, then you might want to hire new law enforcement. 

    This is not the way to spread the message. The original idea of the occupy wall street movement is golden. Spend 100 days camping out on wall street, to show these big banks, the top 5%, how unhappy we are. But now, its become violent. People are not spreading the message, they are spreading fear. The protesters on wall street are alienating people who might want to join the movement. How can people join your cause if they have no idea who you are, whats going on, and why the hell you're so angry about it? Setting things on fire is not a protest. Looting stores is not a protest. What they have achieved is chaos, and chaos is never going to make anything better.

Great job guys.

You broke it.