Towards the evening after the "eviction" (aka the enforcement of the rule of law) of those who had occupied Zucotti Park, I found one of the protesters standing near the park with a piece of cardboard that read:
MURBARAK
KHADAFY
BLOOMBERG
You are next for violating the rights of free speech.
Or something like that, but the main point was the two recent world leaders in juxtaposition to the mayor of New York City.
It's a good thing that the Mr. Bloomberg has thick skin, because no one wants to be compared to two recent world leaders who were violently removed from office. I'm surprised the protestor did not list Idi Amin and Pol Pot as well, but maybe it was the lack of space on the back of the pizza box that kept the number to two world leaders.
If the mayor did feel insulted by these comparisons, I would encourage him to look at the brighter side of things. It is nice that New York City can be compared to two COUNTRIES in the world and that the mayor of New York has that status of a world leader. If we extend the comparison, this would make commissioner Ray Kelly the Minister of Defense. The police force would be the army. City Hall would be Tripoli or Cairo. Gracie Mansion would be the palace and Bloomberg's Fifth Avenue home would be the winter palace or the summer retreat. Maybe I have carried this a bit too far, but it's Occupy Wall Street, there are no limits to the hyperbole when bankers, politicians and businessmen are compared to ruthless dictators who wantonly run tanks over their own people, commit genocide or eat their opposition.
With all of the so called college educated protestors (especially the ones that majored in any type of history) could they be more creative than comparing people to Mr. Murbark, Mr. Khadafy, or Adolf Hitler. Why can't they find some obscure figures like Idi Amin, Pol Pot, King John of England, or even Mr. Montgomery Burns of Springfield? Is it because the protesters are not as educated as they seem. If that is the case,then they should blame the universities or other schools that they have attended for failing in their tasks to give them a proper education. It is those institutions that have failed them. Those Ivory Towers that are too big to fail.
Yes, Occupy Wall Street, the world is watching, so be a bit more creative in making signs and stop making the USA look like a bunch idiots to the rest of the world with completely inappropriate comparisons of world leaders to the mayor of New York City.
BLOOMBERG
You are next for violating the rights of free speech.
Or something like that, but the main point was the two recent world leaders in juxtaposition to the mayor of New York City.
It's a good thing that the Mr. Bloomberg has thick skin, because no one wants to be compared to two recent world leaders who were violently removed from office. I'm surprised the protestor did not list Idi Amin and Pol Pot as well, but maybe it was the lack of space on the back of the pizza box that kept the number to two world leaders.
If the mayor did feel insulted by these comparisons, I would encourage him to look at the brighter side of things. It is nice that New York City can be compared to two COUNTRIES in the world and that the mayor of New York has that status of a world leader. If we extend the comparison, this would make commissioner Ray Kelly the Minister of Defense. The police force would be the army. City Hall would be Tripoli or Cairo. Gracie Mansion would be the palace and Bloomberg's Fifth Avenue home would be the winter palace or the summer retreat. Maybe I have carried this a bit too far, but it's Occupy Wall Street, there are no limits to the hyperbole when bankers, politicians and businessmen are compared to ruthless dictators who wantonly run tanks over their own people, commit genocide or eat their opposition.
With all of the so called college educated protestors (especially the ones that majored in any type of history) could they be more creative than comparing people to Mr. Murbark, Mr. Khadafy, or Adolf Hitler. Why can't they find some obscure figures like Idi Amin, Pol Pot, King John of England, or even Mr. Montgomery Burns of Springfield? Is it because the protesters are not as educated as they seem. If that is the case,then they should blame the universities or other schools that they have attended for failing in their tasks to give them a proper education. It is those institutions that have failed them. Those Ivory Towers that are too big to fail.
Yes, Occupy Wall Street, the world is watching, so be a bit more creative in making signs and stop making the USA look like a bunch idiots to the rest of the world with completely inappropriate comparisons of world leaders to the mayor of New York City.
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