Blocking traffic - bad tactic. News viewers think "Why they harm average Joe? I wouldnt want them

[sam11111]

blocking ME on my way somewhere...like to an ER or to a highly critical meeting. "

Really bad to harm the average citizen.

Aim tactics at opponents, not the people you want to persuade to join you.

[taterguy]

1. Give me convenience or give me death

[HappyMe]

13. So what's the message then ---

"You have a job you need to get to? Fuck you!"

[Bonobo]

14. LOL.

Some people just don't get it, do they?

[genna]

26. No, some people don't get it.

The good news is those of us sitting around criticizing at home will still benefit from all the rights their beatings, arrests, hospitalizations, and at some point will lead to. Then they/we will claim we were in solidarity with the inconveniences they caused the rest of us poor slobs.

[piratefish08]

2. go start a counter protest. Operation No Traffic. you still have the right. for now.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Yes shutting down all traffic for days for a Batman movie sucked.

[mdmc]

4. run em down!

like me and lorenzo, crusin in the benzo..

[girl gone mad]

5. Do you read palms, too, or just minds?

[RoccoR5955]

6. Heaven forbid they need to clear an accident,

or do some minor construction on a road. They might block some "ME" from going to where said person has to be.

Just leave the roads go to hell, let the accidents lie there, rather than "harm" someone.

Part of this is to bring attention to what is going on, and get people to talk about it. I see it all the time. Everyone is in such a hurry. If you need to be somewhere, LEAVE EARLIER!

[piratefish08]

10. THAT is not a problem. Bloomberg is so concerned with the public's safety that he will clear the

airspace above the city in case of emergencies. Yes, he cares THAT much!

[RoccoR5955]

22. Sure he cares. MY FOOT cares too!

It was merely a ploy to suppress the press!

[blueamy66]

15. oh Please

the city transportation dept close down intersections monthly, just to give people jobs and make money......SCAM

[quinnox]

7. Imagine how some white folk felt during the civil rights movement

There were sit ins at some restaurants where they would only serve whites, and those white customers were deprived of their favorite place to eat lunch/dinner... come on, the point is not always about you, but the larger picture. And I am a news viewer and wouldn't think those things you described, speak for yourself please.

[michaz]

8. I do believe that blocking traffic is not right. A person in an ambulance could easily die.

It could be a child or an adult. There are plenty of places to occupy other than traffic in the roads. At some point Occupy can cross the line and it becomes something the average person dislikes. We do not want that. We want people to stand with them, not against them. It has to be peaceful.

[The Doctor.]

18. Do you really believe the demonstrators would not allow an ambulance to pass?

It's time to change this nation. A few people might be 'inconvenienced'.

[sam11111]

27. thanks Michaz... We DO have a choice of tactics..and traffic is very important to most people

Those on the thread who see stopped traffic as just an inconvenience must have never had a health crisis of a family member.

Or a job related emergency.

Even in a general strike, vital services are usually urged to continue- ER's, grocers, TRAFFIC, electricity....the essentials.

[piratefish08]

9. right to assemble doesn't end at intersections. some folks in this country still believe the

Bill of Rights trumps local traffic laws.........

on the other hand, a lot of folks are happy to take their rights with limitations.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

11. Of course it doesn't!

The bill of rights does not give you the right to jaywalk, any more than it gives you the right to freely assemble on someone else's private property.

[COLGATE4]

17. No rights elaborated in the Bill of Right are absolute. All have

restrictions and limitations. Certainly preserving public safety can and does trump your right to demonstrate.

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[me b zola]

16. sam!1!11!

lulz

[Pab Sungenis]

19. They were forced into this.

They had been peacefully protesting in the park and not inconveniencing the general public. The Mayor forced them into the streets.

[Myrina]

20. waaaaaaah! Mommy I can't get to McDonalds! There are PEOPLE in the STREET!

:( :rofl: :wtf:

[TBF]

21. Which side are you on

http://youtu.be/xNUtJVTnX4k

(rebel diaz)

[leftynyc]

23. Now that I've read all the comments

trashing the OP - perhaps you can listen to what he/she was trying to say. We all saw the poll yesterday that OWS is losing support and shit like this is why. So you can continue to bitch about what is surely a constitutional right to assemble and speak and also continue to lose support when you make it harder for the people who live and work in the area OR you can try and use methods that will persuade and gain you support.

[MedleyMisty]

24. Destroying the planet and pushing billions of humans into poverty and death

Bad tactic. I think "Why do they harm the average Joe? I wouldn't want them destroying my planet and taking away my security and quality of life. I wouldn't want them killing ME, or letting the planet die."

Really bad to harm the average citizen.

Aim tactics at the people killing the world, not the people trying to save it.

[Marrah_G]

25. It's that sort of thinking that allows the 1% to own our government

[BreweryYardRat]

28. Yeah.

Don't block traffic -- line the sidewalks around major intersections. Just as much visibility to drivers, and it won't alienate them.