Posted on 10/20/2011 7:15:52 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Report: Occupy Oakland Devolves into “Lord of the Flies”
John on October 20, 2011 at 12:01 am
From the Oakland Tribune:
The next thing Hughes knew he was in a headlock, then he was being punched, and then he was on the ground as a large man began to choke him.
This happened as Hughes, a substitute teacher and Occupy Oakland resident, tried to keep a larger man who also lived in the camp from threatening a woman there. Finally, after another threatening incident involving the same individual, the occupiers had had enough:
About 3:30 Tuesday afternoon, a group of roughly 50 people gathered by the man’s tent and told him he had to leave. Some were speaking calmly. Others weren’t. It was then that the man pulled out a large kitchen knife and threatened the whole group…It was only when someone picked up a piece of wood and cracked him across the head that the ordeal ended.
Self-realization dawns on at least one of the occupiers:
“At some point, we have to recognize that we can’t control everything,” said Boomer Frank, a 24-year-old tent resident and ad hoc camp organizer. “I’m anti-authoritarian, but we need to acknowledge that some things are out of our control.”
If only they could apply that lesson a little more broadly, e.g. to the police, to the economy as a whole even. Appropriately, it’s the cops who patrol the camp that get it. One officer compared the scene to “Lord of the Flies.” His supervisor was even more insightful:
One Oakland police supervisor said that the participants first appeared to him as “freethinking activists” but have since devolved into something more sinister. He said it was “interesting for a group that claims to be against current civilization and rules to set up a far more oppressive society than our own.”
Very interesting indeed.
The version featured at the beginning of History of the World - Part I seems equally applicable.
Maybe a Monolith will fall on their heads.
The animals are turning on each other, even sooner than I thought they would....Robberies, rapes... how long will it be intil they begin killing each other?
Peace!
Love!
Happiness!
...6 by 10 color glossies...
These are just previews before the real show. Who’s going to rescue us from ourselves?
Or more appropriately: “27 8×10 color glossy pictures”.
Anarchists get a little taste of anarchy. lol
Hey we just gotta clobber clods like him.
Local SF media is ignoring this story.
Gotta keep supporting the flea-baggers while painting the Tea Party as violent racists.
Don’t forget the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one....:-)
Parasites seek blood. Who knew?
The Flea Party, committing the crimes the MSM claimed the Tea Party did.
“With circles and diagrams on the back of each one, tellin’ about what each one was...”
What you said.
Glad to see there are at least a few who caught the reference. :oD
Sounds to me that we need more wood control laws.
So you think they should pick up the garbage.
They are apparently going to be getting a blind judge, with no 27 8x10 color glossy pictires because there’ll be no cops around when what happens to them, happens at their Happening.
Professor, Jones. Help!!! The Mayan calendar is leaking onto Oakland.
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