Can someone explain to me what the point is? I still don't get it.
There was an article today about those occupying Olympic Plaza in Calgary. The city deadline for them to leave has passed, but the city says they won't forcibly remove them and they are looking at legal means. They don't want it to turn violent like it did in Oakland, Ca. Ok, I can respect that, and really it is very Canadian I must say.
I actually think the city is pretty smart. It is the end of October in Calgary. The weather so far this fall has been lovely, fairly warm and dry. My guess is that once the first blizzard hits most of the protesters will go home anyhow. Who wants to be outside, in a tent, at -30C with the wind howling? Why would the city risk a fuss with them when Mother Nature is likely to do it for them?
I can logically get the Occupy Wall Street bit. Course, the lack of a defined message will limit their ability to push meaningful change. Occupy Calgary though is ridiculous. So far, the only definitive message they have managed to send is that they need the public to give them toilet paper and condoms. Eww. They aren't a movement so much as a group of squatters.
ReplyDeleteI would agree with simply letting them freeze until they go home, but allowing them to squat denies groups that have permits to use the plaza from exercising their own rights. Not a movement I'm likely to support or respect given that.