Get of my lawn!
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In my mind this protest sets a dangerous precedent. In essence the SEIU has declared banker's homes, and families to be fair game. Do they not see how this could go wrong?
What would have happened if a neighbor, or worse a member of the banker's family, had decided to confront the protesters a la Gran Torino
In my previous post I bemoaned the "militarization" of civil authority. Now I'm going to go the other way and ask, where was the damn calvary?
There is a line in Slaughterhouse 5 that I have used in my posts about Iraq that goes "Those who have seen the elephant rarely go looking for it."
"Seeing the elephant" is a euphimism for combat, the idea being that any veteran "worth his salt" will be anti-war.
That's all well and good for physical warfare but what about class warfare?
Do we really want to find out?
In my mind this protest sets a dangerous precedent. In essence the SEIU has declared banker's homes, and families to be fair game. Do they not see how this could go wrong?
What would have happened if a neighbor, or worse a member of the banker's family, had decided to confront the protesters a la Gran Torino
In my previous post I bemoaned the "militarization" of civil authority. Now I'm going to go the other way and ask, where was the damn calvary?
There is a line in Slaughterhouse 5 that I have used in my posts about Iraq that goes "Those who have seen the elephant rarely go looking for it."
"Seeing the elephant" is a euphimism for combat, the idea being that any veteran "worth his salt" will be anti-war.
That's all well and good for physical warfare but what about class warfare?
Do we really want to find out?
Reaping the whirlwind works both ways.
Date: 26/5/10 00:21 (UTC)What happens if a protester had decided to torch the house?
or more likely...
If the Banker's teenage son had paniced, grabs dad's shotgun, and fired into the crowd?
Are you prepared to see turn "Class Warfare" into "Open Warfare", I know I'm not.
One of the nice things about the US that most people(who haven't spent much time outside of it) fail to appreciate is how "nice" our political disputes are. Sure we have more than our fair share of quackery but at least no one is getting set on fire (http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100505/wl_time/08599198736800).
Re: Reaping the whirlwind works both ways.
Date: 26/5/10 02:41 (UTC)This is one of the great truths!!!
Re: Reaping the whirlwind works both ways.
Date: 26/5/10 04:26 (UTC)Then the son goes to juvie and the dad goes to jail, because you don't:
- leave firearms available to children
- compound the stupid by not teaching your children to respect firearms in the first place
Re: Reaping the whirlwind works both ways.
Date: 26/5/10 16:30 (UTC)Well yes, of course, but I was refering more to the social/political fallout.
Re: Reaping the whirlwind works both ways.
Date: 26/5/10 16:28 (UTC)But there are still a lot of dumb people out there, and it would have only taken one to make this situation a whole lot worse.