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Reece are you with this....if so I hope this is better be important :hmmm:

Occupy London: Demo forces St Paul's Cathedral to close

Targetting religion without making it so obvious on top of everything else... And people don't see this group as extreme.

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Targetting religion without making it so obvious on top of everything else

If there was a park which was the available open space by the Stock exchange would they be targetting parks?
If it was a pub car park there would they be targetting pubs?

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And people don't see this group as extreme.

People view this group for what they are, you seem to be viewing them for something they are not.

Interesting read on the situation from BCA Investment Research

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The Occupy Wall Street movement is rooted in the secular decline of the American middle class. Judging from the GINI coefficient, the distribution of income is more unequal in the U.S. than OECD countries in general. Moreover, real wage growth in the U.S. has stagnated since 2000, while education and healthcare costs have soared. High education costs have serious social repercussions since they are a strong drag on upward class mobility.

While it is currently impossible to boil down the Occupy Wall Street movement to a single issue, it is a symptom of deepening social strife, political polarization and spreading discontent in the U.S. These are ingredients that, if left unchecked, can lead to potentially radical shifts in policy made to score political points with the extremes, rather than to address underlying economic problems. Both the extreme right and left of the political spectrum will be energized by genuine social discontent - which can nonetheless translate into completely opposing policy preferences - leading to further political polarization. If the clash between left and right intensifies, policy making will become even more difficult. This would mean a heightened political and policy risk premium on equity prices among all G7 markets.

http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-cont...otal-Wages.gif

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A spokesman for the cathedral - which costs £20,000 per day to run and draws between 2,000 and 3,000 worshippers each Sunday - said it would lose about £16,000 in visitor donations for every day it is closed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15415296

Despite the above, the spokesman refused to be critical of the protestors when interviewed on camera this evening.

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Despite the above, the spokesman refused to be critical of the protestors when interviewed on camera this evening.

That is because the clergy at the cathedral have been backing the protests.
Strange targeting of religon eh.

Particularly as it was because the protesters were unable to access the privately owned square in front of the London Stock Exchange and the Cathederal actually advised them they could set up camp in front of St. Pauls.

Arrests now in Sydney: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/police-den...023-1me59.html

They've now moved away from directly in front of the cathedral and some protestors are actually cleaning the steps.

Cathedral should be partially open today.

The protests begin to decline now.

Its getting colder, wait till they start protesting that the gubment should be providing them with heaters so they can stay warm.....

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo (Post 1774070)

Its getting colder, wait till they start protesting that the gubment should be providing them with heaters so they can stay warm.....

Or start tearing off limbs from park trees and bushes.

The protest seems to be getting a bit old and stale. The news will get bored with it. Soon to be back page fodder. Still not certain what these folks want.

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk (Post 1774245)

The protest seems to be getting a bit old and stale. The news will get bored with it. Soon to be back page fodder. Still not certain what these folks want.

If we have another recession or worse, an all out crash, banks will collapes and millions of people have their lifes work, savings and pensions wiped out - if our goverments continue to prop them up with bail outs at our expense (and punish no one)....
....They will no longer be 'occupying' Wallstreet, they will be burning it to the ground.
I'll think it will become crystal clear to you then....

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Originally Posted by JU_88 (Post 1774323)

If we have another recession, more banks collapes and millions of people have their savings and pensions wiped out - while our goverments continue to prop them up with bail outs at our expense (and punish no one).
I'll think it will become crystal clear to you then.... also, expect large scale civil unrest if this happens.
Next time they will not be 'occupying' Wallstreet, they will be burning it to the ground.

What is crystal clear is repeating the same mistake should not occur. Hence Congress not passing the current jobs bill or any other nonsense that comes from PA Avenue. More stimulus after bad stimulus is not in the game plan and should not be. It's clear enough. The protest is still getting old.

Civil unrest? Stop paying unemployment benefits and see the unrest start. Hence the extension after extension after extension. Currently the new career market is on the government plan.

Again, they should be burning Washington. DC gave Wall St a lollipop. Wall St is not sharing. What did they expect? DC sits on their thumbs doing nothing but agreeing and attempting to keep their own political careers by backing OWS. The epitome of stupidity.