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Earlier this evening, I and some friends watched V for Vendetta, starring the remarkable Nigerian-born Hugo Weaving as Alan Moore's antagonistic hero V. If you have never seen it, I urge you to. Better yet, read the graphic novel first, as the message within books often gets lost in Hollywood translation (just ask the Watchmen fans).
The following is a scene between V and Evey, as portrayed by the lovely Natalie Portman. This is one of many memorable quotes that ring true for any place anywhere in the world:
This is why the NYPD maced, beat and arrested protesters. This is why, when the protesters marched to the police station on September 30th, NYPD had riot gear ready to go. The government is terrified, but they will never admit it.
In order to get a sense of how I need to report once Occupy Tulsa takes off, I've been scouring the internet and reading various articles. I have to say I am not the least bit surprised to find that nearly all of what I have read has been extremely one-sided in one direction or the other. I have also taken it upon myself to read comments posted by readers and was once more not in shock to see the one-sided opinions.
For example, Yahoo released an article on September 30th. It is uninformative and the author clearly did not make an effort to research his or her topic. However, I would like to share some comments from that story (usernames will be omitted; grammar will not be corrected):
"This isn't the first time since Bush Jr. has a peaceful protest been broken up by authorities and peaceful people being arrested. In one event of a sit in not too long ago people were purposefully shot, for sitting. You see it is scare tactics from the gov. to let each law enforcement agency stop protests because they deem it to be against National Security. All we can do is keep protesting. They can't put 300 million+ in jail all at once!!"
"Yes, these protesters are sure showing Wallstreet, going their in their Oil filled cars, Texting each other with words of sticking it to the "man" on their I-phone, Stopping by Mcdonalds or Subway for a quick bite to eat. All before stopping by Wal-mart for some materials to create signs that show just how evil those corporations are! That will show them."
"the constitution says you have the RIGHT to the pursiute of happiness. it does not say that you are entitled to it. you have to EARN it people. im just saying."
"Nobody wants a revolution or a war on our own land but this country is too far gone to correct in any other way. These corrupt politicians have made a joke out of what our forefathers intended. There will be no way to replace them all by voting. Marching on Washington is the only answer. Now our citizens can't even express their opinions? Be seeing you soon Washington."
"Maybe what these loser protesters need is a JOB. They should move their protest to DC and demand Obummer deliver on broken promises and failed job stimulous packages."
and someone posted in reply to that last comment:
"most of them had jobs sweety, they all left to do what's right... looks like nobody in these comments know a thing about what's going on..."
That is where this blog comes in. I intend to tell the details to the best of my abilities and to share the viewpoints of those against the Occupation Movement. All people get a voice here.
All are heard.
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