I Visited the Occupy Event Again Last Night
After the Don Williams Fundraiser I took a stroll over to the plazita with a few friends to check out the Occupy Movement.
They were in their general assembly and it looks like things are starting to get a little more organized there, but after all this time, they are still debating over their big statement.
It's been over a week and they still don't have that hashed out. That is a problem.
But it appears that they get side-tracked by stupid arguments. Yesterday an attorney and big time community garden activist brought over a bunch of plants so that they can have a community garden. Hell, I think you could argue they aren't even a community yet.
That guy isn't one of the over-nighters, but I guess he decided he wanted them to do the community garden thing. Which is complicated because they don't have a way to water the tomato plants that were bestowed upon them.
The other big debate of the meeting?
Compost.
If they were going to get it and who was going to unload it.
And they keep doing this human microphone thing that is pretty ridiculous. Look I understand you can't have amplification and you want the whole crowd to hear you, but seriously, its over kill. Everyone there can hear the person talking, but they do the human microphone thing anyway.
They waste a lot of time and energy debating things that aren't worth the fight. In fact I saw this piece and thought it might be helpful for a few of the people there to read it.
But on a serious note, they are getting better and becoming more organized. They still have the druggie and homeless problem, but they self-police pretty well and you can't help but feel that there is an energy there along with an abundance of good intentions. I hope everything eventually congeals in to something worth while.
But in an effort to better understand things, I am going to make it a point to spend the night there one night. I will take along my flip cam to document what happens.
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| A view from inside the Tee Pee that has been erected. |
They were in their general assembly and it looks like things are starting to get a little more organized there, but after all this time, they are still debating over their big statement.
It's been over a week and they still don't have that hashed out. That is a problem.
But it appears that they get side-tracked by stupid arguments. Yesterday an attorney and big time community garden activist brought over a bunch of plants so that they can have a community garden. Hell, I think you could argue they aren't even a community yet.
That guy isn't one of the over-nighters, but I guess he decided he wanted them to do the community garden thing. Which is complicated because they don't have a way to water the tomato plants that were bestowed upon them.
The other big debate of the meeting?
Compost.
If they were going to get it and who was going to unload it.
And they keep doing this human microphone thing that is pretty ridiculous. Look I understand you can't have amplification and you want the whole crowd to hear you, but seriously, its over kill. Everyone there can hear the person talking, but they do the human microphone thing anyway.
They waste a lot of time and energy debating things that aren't worth the fight. In fact I saw this piece and thought it might be helpful for a few of the people there to read it.
But on a serious note, they are getting better and becoming more organized. They still have the druggie and homeless problem, but they self-police pretty well and you can't help but feel that there is an energy there along with an abundance of good intentions. I hope everything eventually congeals in to something worth while.
But in an effort to better understand things, I am going to make it a point to spend the night there one night. I will take along my flip cam to document what happens.
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