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Humane treatment for OWS protesters - a modest proposal
11/24/2011 | dirtboy

Posted on 11/24/2011 4:43:12 AM PST by dirtboy

Occupy Wall Street has now dragged into its third month. What should be a matter of enforcing existing laws has turned into an intractable political problem.

But we should look to the federal government and its illustrious current and former leadership for inspiration on how to handle such situations. They have plenty of experience in not enforcing existing laws and then proposing ways to deal with that lack of enforcement.

It's just plain inhumane to tear down the OWS encampments in the bitter cold of November just because they are occupying public spaces and causing noise and sanitation problems. Some of those tents might have kids in them.

It's inhumane to load the OWS protesters into paddy wagons and take them downtown to jail. No one should be calling for such forced removal in this country, and the public will never support such.

No, what we need is visionary leadership for this problem. We need a sense of humanity!

But not for all OWS protestors, mind you! Lawbreakers should still go to jail! If you are caught selling drugs or murdering someone, you should still face the music of the legal system. Likewise, if you have just joined in the protests, you should be removed - only those who have been there for over a month should be allowed to stay! We should not encourage more encampments by allowing all to stay - only those who have put down roots in their local parks.

But imagine the benefits of such a humane approach - if conservatives come out in support of such a proposal, the GOP might win over those who are sympathetic to OWS's viewpoints. Plus, no more videos of pepper-sprayed protestors. Less police overtime. So what if those who live by the encampments have to deal with them? It's the price of tolerance.

I submit, if humanity is good enough for illegals, it's good enough for OWS. The solution to failure is never to correct the reason for the failure. It's the DC way.


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1 posted on 11/24/2011 4:43:19 AM PST by dirtboy
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I favor releasing feral pittbulls on them.


2 posted on 11/24/2011 4:47:24 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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Send in Newt. He can be their amnesty shill.


3 posted on 11/24/2011 4:47:43 AM PST by DeusExMachina05 (I will not go into Dhimmitude quietly.)
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We ought to at least provide free food and education for the occupiers that need it.


4 posted on 11/24/2011 4:48:05 AM PST by palmer (Before reading this post, please send me $2.50)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

That’s mighty inhumane of you. Don’t you know there is an election coming up and we might need the votes of those sympathetic to OWS to win the White House for the GOP?


5 posted on 11/24/2011 4:48:57 AM PST by dirtboy
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Don’t forget the free medical care. They’re gonna need it.


6 posted on 11/24/2011 4:49:36 AM PST by dirtboy
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Were it not cold, I favor tossing wasp nests.


7 posted on 11/24/2011 4:50:31 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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WASP - that’s wacist!


8 posted on 11/24/2011 4:52:19 AM PST by dirtboy
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That sure sounds like too many politicians’ immagration policy.


9 posted on 11/24/2011 4:53:35 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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“The solution to failure is never to correct the reason for the failure. It’s the DC way.”

Your above line should be taught to all levels of students as the First Commandment of the Trough Feeders Manifesto.


10 posted on 11/24/2011 4:54:23 AM PST by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles."...the public interest)
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It’s kinda scary when you think about it - that what I wrote as satire, can be found in spirit if not word in the utterances of so many politicians.


11 posted on 11/24/2011 4:55:48 AM PST by dirtboy
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LOL! Good one.


12 posted on 11/24/2011 4:58:59 AM PST by Scotsman will be Free (11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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Yeah .. I picked up on that.

I've started watching a Saturday night, grade z (the worst of the worst) "monster" tv program in the last few months.

I NEED pebbles that have had virgin blood dripped on them, that then grow to giant amoeba's ( I made that up, but you see what I mean )

Up is down, down is up, black is white ... etc.

13 posted on 11/24/2011 5:00:52 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: GladesGuru
Think about this one - FReepers are ripping into the local Dem elected officials for allowing the OWS to continue to illegally occupy public spaces in defiance of all local laws about camping in such.

Yet some find no problem with federal politicians basically pushing the exact same concept with illegals entering this country and staying for years in defiance of all federal laws about such.

At their core, how are the two different? Both are based in the fear of alienating a potential political constituency. And therefore are pandering at its worst.

14 posted on 11/24/2011 5:01:25 AM PST by dirtboy
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Being old school, I suggest using fire hoses.


15 posted on 11/24/2011 5:03:40 AM PST by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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Having the state provide free euthanasia for the suffering is starting to look better all the time.


16 posted on 11/24/2011 5:03:51 AM PST by palmer (Before reading this post, please send me $2.50)
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Nah, euthanasia is always for the other guy, dontcha know?


17 posted on 11/24/2011 5:05:20 AM PST by dirtboy
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That is just so Bull Conner, violating the civil rights of the OWS protesters. They are righteous, so they have the right to disregard unjust local laws about sanitation! To make an omlette, you first have to have crap and litter all over the place!


18 posted on 11/24/2011 5:07:23 AM PST by dirtboy
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That’s mighty inhumane of you.

RABID feral pittbulls.

19 posted on 11/24/2011 5:07:31 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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I meant you were being inhumane to the pit bulls.


20 posted on 11/24/2011 5:08:25 AM PST by dirtboy
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