Return to a state of nature. And they’re not “noble” savages. It ain’t pretty. It’s more like Lord of the Flies.
[Monday morning update]
Everything the media accused the Tea Party of being, the Fleabaggers actually are, and yet they won’t report it.
[Update a few minutes later]
The double standard doesn’t just come from the media, but from the kleptocrats in power:
“Democratic commentator Bob Beckel recently compared the disparity between the Tea Party’s treatment by local governments and the Occupiers’ to one person getting a better deal on a car than another. Imagine an America where basic equalities and a God-given right to public self-expression are reduced to clearance-sale status, depending on the agenda and whims of the ‘bosses’ on duty at a given time.”
That example — government as used-car salesman — captures both the ethos and the performance of Beckel and his ilk. The truth is, these people get a pass because, as client groups of the Democratic Party, they’re exempt from the enforcement of the law. This may make people who aren’t so favored wonder why they should pay taxes to, or obey the commands of, a system that doesn’t follow the law itself. Well: Why should they? Where’s the legitimacy?
If they have any left, they’re rapidly losing it. Only the Constitution has legitimacy, and these creatures don’t give a damn about it.
I kind of like it. We build parks in urban spaces so city folk can experience a little bit of what it’s like in the wilds. We build zoos in urban spaces so city folk can experience a bit of Africa. Zucotti Park is all that, and more, offering city folks the chance to experience what it’s like to get packed into a refugee camp in the Congo or Somalia, packed full of thieves, anamists, failed warlords, rape gangs, lunatics, and tyrants.
Of course it’s going to be like “Lord of the Flies.” That’s the attraction, and it’s much easier for New Yorkers to get to the park than it is to fly over and caravan to a Rawandan refugee camp.
I recommend the two-parter episode of DS9 called “Past Tense”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_Tense_%28Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine%29 Not only is it amusing to watch as OWS turns into slum creation, and the other parallels to the “Sanctuary Districts” in the episode, but it’s also amusing to listen to the ultra-socialist Star Trek universe judgements getting torn apart. Of course, it comes close but doesn’t go far enough.. typical Rick Berman.
There does seem to be a pain in the market that a tent can’t be locked as easily as a house or a car.
What particularly bothers me is the protesters’ dysfunctional relationship with the police. They don’t trust the police, even to the point of blaming law enforcement for steering people who’ve been let out of prison to the camp. Yet they can’t defend themselves without involving the police.
Bottom line, if they can’t run a camp, why should we let them anywhere near running a society?
It’s funny but over the weekend I found out that a passing acquantence was out at the Occupy Dallas event for several weeks. And get this, he’s a teacher for the DISD. Apparently, he’s a “security guard” for the camp and is there to keep an eye out for things that will get the Occupy movement in trouble. Like telling people when you can smell all mary jane wafting out of their tent. The biggest confrontation he’s had to deal with though was when a Maoist started slapping people. It sounds like the beginning of a corny joke, “So, this Maoist starts slapping a anarchist……” But they broke up the slap fight by standing between the two people fighting with their hands held out in a stop sign fashion and saying, “Peace, peace, peace…” over and over again till the fight stopped. Something about monotonous chanting in unison that gets this people going; to me it borders on cult like conformity.
Doh! I hate when I hit post and forget to proofread.