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Offline dandi

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Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« on: December 04, 2011, 09:34:24 PM »
Why are they having to propose such extreme measures to, in their words, “keep the movement alive”? All I’ve been hearing from them for the past three months is how popular they are and how they represent 99% of the country and how they “aren’t going anywhere". What gives?

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Hissyspit  (1000+ posts)        Sun Dec-04-11 11:54 AM
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Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin as Occupy Portland Camp Shut Down by Police 
 Source: Daily Mail / ABC News

Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin as Occupy Portland Camp Shut Down by Police

By MEGHAN KENEALLY
Last updated at 4:38 PM on 4th December 2011

Some Occupy Wall street protests throughout the country are taking desperate measures to keep the movement alive as only a few camps across the country remain open.

In New York, which was the original birthplace of the movement, protesters have started a hunger strike and hope to move to a different plot of land since they have been barred from Zuccotti Park.

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'I am definitely worried about being hungry and being sick, that’s definitely crossing my mind but I am more worried about people being apathetic,' Mr Ibanez told ABC News.

'If we do get arrested, which seems most likely like we will be, we will continue the strike in jail,' he continued.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069835/Occupy-...


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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/occupy-wa...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5079702

Oh, and is this going to be one of those “rolling hunger strikes” where one person “starves” for 8 hours and then passes it off to someone else, or one that considers drinking several fruit smoothies a day a “hunger strike” a la Cindy Sheehan and Code Pink?

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Drale  (1000+ posts)        Sun Dec-04-11 12:14 PM
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1. The problem with hunger strikes is that
 they only work, if the people you are protesting against care what happens to you and that is clearly not the case here.

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Hissyspit  (1000+ posts)        Sun Dec-04-11 01:16 PM
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7. The point is to shame those who would react that way.
 I have no idea how effective this will be, but that's how hunger strikes are supposed to work. Many Americans who haven't paid much attention have been shocked by the police tactics, including conservatives and "libertarians."

Why should I give a shit about someone in control of their faculties who purposely starves themselves to make a shallow political point? Knock yourself out. Go full retard. Who am I to stop you from martyr-ing yourself for your cause?
 
 
 
 
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 09:43:55 PM »
Oh now.

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7. The point is to shame those who would react that way.

I have no idea how effective this will be, but that's how hunger strikes are supposed to work. Many Americans who haven't paid much attention have been shocked by the police tactics, including conservatives and "libertarians."

The hissyfit primitive looks like he could use a little bit of a hunger strike himself.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2011, 09:44:24 PM »
Aw, man.  If you can't behave like degenerate hippie trash in Portland, where else is there?

Bummer, dude.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2011, 09:46:52 PM »
They have about 99 Bobby Sands and then I will start to be impressed.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2011, 09:49:24 PM »
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1. The problem with hunger strikes is that
 they only work, if the people you are protesting against care what happens to you and that is clearly not the case here.

Well, DUmmy, you've decided that you protest in my name without consulting me, and I don't give a damn what happens to you. So, what now?
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2011, 09:57:25 PM »
Being left to starve to death was good enough for Terri Schiavo, so it's good enough for these idiots.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2011, 10:03:39 PM »
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Drale  (1000+ posts)        Sun Dec-04-11 12:14 PM
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1. The problem with hunger strikes is that
 they only work, if the people you are protesting against care what happens to you and that is clearly not the case here.

As long as Drale has a can of Rust-Oleum, he's not worried about food.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2011, 12:41:00 AM »
1 of the benefits of a hunger strike? no poop.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2011, 12:58:48 AM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on December 05, 2011, 12:41:00 AM
1 of the benefits of a hunger strike? no poop.

It will also keep the real homeless and other street people from mooching their donated gourmet food.

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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2011, 03:06:12 AM »
Quote from: Ballygrl on December 05, 2011, 12:41:00 AM
1 of the benefits of a hunger strike? no poop.

Guess again. In  a REAL hunger strike they get a very nasty superise on the forth or fifth day.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2011, 04:14:07 AM »
Quote from: dutch508 on December 04, 2011, 09:46:52 PM
They have about 99 Bobby Sands and then I will start to be impressed.

I'll see you your 99 Bobby Sands', and raise your 99 Karen Carpenters . . . Even though, technically, Karen Carpenter wasn't on a hunger strike, as she wasn't protesting anything.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2011, 04:35:09 AM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on December 05, 2011, 12:58:48 AM
It will also keep the real homeless and other street people from mooching their donated gourmet food.

 :popcorn:

And, for that matter, keep the opposite from happening: It'll keep the Occupy freaks from barging into homeless shelters and demanding that they be given food that was supposed to be given to real homeless people, as has been known to happen sometimes.

In all seriousness, one of two things will happen:
1) They'll cheat on it.
2) They'll give it up in less than a day.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #12 on: December 05, 2011, 05:02:06 AM »
What a novel way to acquire a foodstamp card.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #13 on: December 05, 2011, 05:06:37 AM »
Let them starve.  Most look like they could loose a couple of Big Mac's and Quarter Pounder's w/Cheese without even feeling it.

Make it easier for the cops to carry them out next time. 
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #14 on: December 05, 2011, 05:14:05 AM »
That's not a hunger strike...one is a fast and one is a diet :lmao: Well, I guess the fat OWSers might actually drop a few pounds so something good will come out of it. Too bad the fat in their brain isn't effected.  :-)
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #15 on: December 05, 2011, 05:36:35 AM »
Quote from: thundley4 on December 04, 2011, 09:57:25 PM
Being left to starve to death was good enough for Terri Schiavo, so it's good enough for these idiots.

OH Thundley, this is so unfair of you.

Terry had NO choice, it was her Husband and his girlfriend that had children together that saw the insurance money was running out and had to have her put down in a worse way then a sick dog.

A hunger strike can be stopped at any time by those willing to give it a try. Few last more then a few days, the agony is just more then they are willing to endure for most any cause.   Suddenly survival of self becomes more important then anything else in the world.

If these people want to give it a try, let them, just be sure to walk past them waving a Big Wopper in the air so they can smell it.  Make sure you have a barricade of cops around you because on the 6 day, they will attack you en mass for just one small bite.

 
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #16 on: December 05, 2011, 09:01:50 AM »
Quote from: vesta111 on December 05, 2011, 05:36:35 AM
OH Thundley, this is so unfair of you.

Terry had NO choice, it was her Husband and his girlfriend that had children together that saw the insurance money was running out and had to have her put down in a worse way then a sick dog.

If these people want to give it a try, let them, just be sure to walk past them waving a Big Wopper in the air so they can smell it.  Make sure you have a barricade of cops around you because on the 6 day, they will attack you en mass for just one small bite.

 

For Schiavo, I heard that Michael and his girlfriend wanted to get married (This "Loving, devoted husband" had several children with that woman while Terri was comatose), but he couldn't because he was technically still legally married to Terri, and getting a divorce would mean that Terri, or rather her family, would have the rights to alimony payments from him. But, with Terri dead, Michael (The "Loving, devoted husband" whom a nurse overheard saying "When is that b&&&h going to die?") was free to marry his floozy and keep every cent.

btw, yeah, I'd imagine torturing the hunger strikers in that way would be a lot of fun. Maybe set up a big barbecue grill, cook up a lot of prime cuts of meat, and have a high powered fan blow the smell right into their faces!
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #17 on: December 05, 2011, 09:06:10 AM »
They don't have the cahonies to do a hunger strike.  They will start crying and then lying while they shove food into their mouths in their little Coleman's tents.  They are pansies.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #18 on: December 05, 2011, 09:22:02 AM »
It will last as long as one of those super geniuses decides to light up a joint.
Can't hunger strike when you have the munchies.  :rotf:
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #19 on: December 05, 2011, 09:24:11 AM »
What happens when you DUmpmonkies figure out that the people you're trying to convince really don't give two shits if you die?
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #20 on: December 05, 2011, 09:48:45 AM »
It is funny these people have to go on a hunger strike to keep their movement alive. Yet the TEA PARTY movement is still going strong without all the drama these people put out.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #21 on: December 05, 2011, 10:10:21 AM »
Quote from: dandi on December 04, 2011, 09:34:24 PM
Oh, and is this going to be one of those “rolling hunger strikes” where one person “starves” for 8 hours and then passes it off to someone else..?
Eight hours? No way! They'd miss a meal. I expect they'll have a signup sheet for four-hour shifts.

The really dedicated revolutionaries may sign up for consecutive shifts, with just an hour break between shifts for a reuben and a doob.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #22 on: December 05, 2011, 10:25:23 AM »
I'll take the 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. shift. 
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #23 on: December 05, 2011, 10:36:03 AM »
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4. I say do it. The more the veil comes off the government, the more 
 people will have to face the truth of what this country is and is not.

Solidarity.
 

So, Arctic Dave, I presume by your statement of "Solidarity" you will be participating? Please keep us informed.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street Hunger Strikes Begin
« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2011, 11:06:32 AM »
Well, April is exactly right.  Potheads can't do hunger strikes. 


I saw on the news, a short snippet about the Denver OWS.  The snow was flyin, coming down hard.  They said they were going to stay.  The camera zoomed in on a pathetic soul underneath a tarp/tent.  One miserable eye peeked out at the swirling snow.  I laughed, cuddling up in a warm bed with a cat.  Drank coffee & had some toast.   :lmao:  Smelled bacon cooking downstairs.   :rofl:
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