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"People all over America are getting arrested for practicing their rights," one protester, Bosh Paro, told the Oregonian.
No Bosh, People all over America are getting arrested for violating the law.

Nice looking group of people in the photo. I see a future Bill Ayers and community organizer in the group. Their parents must be proud.
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Wow, a right-wing tea-bagging douche defending unconstitutional laws that infringe on our basic first amendment rights, who would have guessed that?
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This would be a good opportunity to demonstrate the ability of people to cooperate and apply nonviolent solutions to community problems. Organized ostracism might be the most effective deterrent there is to undesirable behavior. I hope the organizer try a number of different approaches before they utilize the government and police. While the latter are technically, financially, part of the 99%, they act as the militant wing of the 1%, which means that until they go on strike or otherwise refuse to enforce unjust laws, they are part of the problem themselves.

It should also be said that many people who financially fall within the 1% didn't necessarily get there by victimizing anyone else and they should not be punished just for the sake of being wealthy. It is a question of whether the goal is equality or justice. Nobody, except the political elite, are well-served by the creation of a society where everyone is equally impoverished. We need to find ways to cooperate instead of trying to cannibalize each other. Income disparities in an of themselves aren't the problem. The problems are unearned wealth and the inability to earn a living, both of which are created by governments in collusion with the corporate powers they aid and abet. I hope that the Occupy movements forge a new path that isn't beholden to governments or corporations for providing goods and services, and for maintaining peaceful communities.
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The Real Occupy Portland? Is that like the Real Ghostbusters?
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@Randy - Nice name calling.

And your right to free speech does NOT trump property laws. You can't march on my land, and you can't march on Federal property. It's really not that hard to understand, it's not shocking, and it's not an injustice.
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How will they poop?
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You need a fuckin bong rip, Andy. Five of them at least. Lung busters.

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