Why Occupy?

Hypocrisy [No More Mister Nice Blog]

"For example, not long ago, while the movers of the movement were still encamped in Zucotti Park, police and fire officials raided them, carting off electric generators that provided warmth at night on the grounds they were “fire hazards.” Then on November 15th, the cops came back and tore down the protestors’ tents, which were declared “health hazards.” Yeah, right.

Meanwhile, as Dwyer points out, the city is leasing land in busy Union Square Park to merchants-from-nowhere, who occupy park space each Christmas season selling holiday tchotchkes in – wait for it – tents that are in fact lighted and sometimes heated by portable generators. The city quite cheerfully encourages this ummn –what did they call it in Zucotti Park? – oh, right, a health and fire hazard."