I don’t think we have much to fear from the hackey-sack/drum beating crowd, but some of us remember the rioting from the late 60s—the National Guard in the cities, even on the steps of the Capitol.
The thing that concerns a lot of us (I think) is that there are quite a number of these older adolescents congregating in urban areas, even here in `America’s Hometown’ (Muncie) even though they are something of a joke: the county commissioners turned off the power to the one recepticle they were using, and they aren’t happy. “The electricity belongs to all of us!” Somehow a bench was burned up, so the half dozen had to move.
They can protest peacefully, subject to reasonable time & place restrictions; they certainly cannot break laws because they believe themselves to be in France circa 1848.
I think the anarchistic element of these young people should consider that `the law,’ the system, the establishment, is the only thing standing between them and some of the more, um, demonstrative members of our society who disagree vehemently with them (the “Occupiers”) and may also believe that they as well should not be subject to the law. Anyway, I’m off to bed.
But first a parting thought: the 1st Amendment freedoms of speech and association helps makes it easier for us to identify the idiots among us. But “idiots” is a word of Greek origin meaning, `one not participating in politics or contributing to the polis’. So I’ve left us both with a puzzle. Good luck with that and keep in mind that “callow” is an adjective to goes naturally with “youth.”
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Hacky sack, drum beating crowd. This OWs movement is part of what is called, the Black Bloc, if you remember the Battle for Seattle, you know who these people are and what they are capable of.
The ILWU are a big part of the OWS movement on the West Coast. They have been planning a shut down of the the West Cost Ports since before the Sept 10 Day of Rage. The Big Government web site has video of the ILWU member stating that the action is being taken in unity with their brothers in Longview, WA.
The Vigilante Lens, an Anarchist site, describes the role that the ILWU is playing in the OWS, since Sept.
SSA = ILWU = Black Bloc Anarchists.
If you don’t know who the Black Bloc are, there is a web site called, Black Bloc for Dummies.