tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926013554523279624.post675295339164044505..comments2023-08-21T08:01:58.534-07:00Comments on MidWestHorse Blog: Whats Changed ** Number 2 Student Protests **Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926013554523279624.post-60689189117042943882011-11-18T14:56:40.166-08:002011-11-18T14:56:40.166-08:00Thanks all for the comments, I must admit I have n...Thanks all for the comments, I must admit I have not been to any of the protests so can not make comments on specific protests, I have no doubt that trouble makers have joined protests to give legitimacy to their own actions, it is up to the organizers of these protests to ensure they do not get hijacked by yobs and thugs who are just out for trouble,<br /><br />I also think it is a shame when those in power use the police to break up genuine protests by those who believe the wealth of the country has moved from all to a small powerful minority who own or control the media, police and have undue political influence.stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441825212351898692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926013554523279624.post-24582665279029553712011-11-18T10:00:49.553-08:002011-11-18T10:00:49.553-08:00Everyone should be able to peacefully protest what...Everyone should be able to peacefully protest what they believe are social injustices. However...here in Portland, the "occupy movement" has degenerated into an ever-increasing number of homeless people, druggies, social misfits and society drop-outs who have nothing else better to do than camp out and shout power to the people! It's become pathetic. They have destroyed several beautiful city parks, are costing the taxpayers thousands of dollars in repair costs, police overtime dollars, disrupting traffic and mass transit for those 99% who are trying to get to work and actually support their families. They're hurting the very segment of the population that they're claiming they want to help. It's becoming hypocrasy. It's quickly becoming the 98%, or the working people who support themselves, their families and our society, the 1% who are the large corporate greedy, obscenely rich, and the 1% who are unemployed, "sponges" on the society who claim they want nothing to do with society, but prove otherwise by taking everything that the rest of us working stiffs will hand out free of charge to them. I don't know what it's like in the rest of the country, but that's what it's become here in Portland. Land of the weird. And, the sad part is that on a base level, I agree with everything they started out representing. The world will only change when each person, individually decides to change themselves. That's the way to change the world. I don't have much hope that anything's going to improve.C-ingspotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744931697050670013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926013554523279624.post-15088518357003921902011-11-18T05:30:36.569-08:002011-11-18T05:30:36.569-08:00They should be able to protest. What we all should...They should be able to protest. What we all should protest is college football coaches making $50,000/week as the MU coach does.Redneck Geologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012204930776596890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8926013554523279624.post-37691797588038521792011-11-18T05:23:00.918-08:002011-11-18T05:23:00.918-08:00In 1968, I saw the students protest in Grosvenor S...In 1968, I saw the students protest in Grosvenor Square, London, against the vietnam war. I watched as they protested in Prague against the communist intention to take over Czechoslovakia, when Dubchek started reforms.<br />I have watched the students protest aginst all manner of things.<br /><br />if I may say this, the Establishment fears the youth of the next generation, mainly as they seek to change what is seen as inequality. I have to agree with the students. yes the powers that be will try and stop the protests, and they will ramp up the action. But in the end, all that happens is frustration, resentment, and a situation where tension begins to rip at the heart of a society.<br /><br />For myself? I envy the students the freedom to protest, some how we lose that energy, as we get older. we become more "comfortable", less prone to upset the apple cart. But, when I see the young ones start to raise questions, I begin to feel that I too should ask questions of our government.cheyenne joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957462106844413179noreply@blogger.com