The egalitarian world of their imagination says from each according to ability to each according to their needs .

Well that thesis works for the OWS kitchen staff when they are given free food . But they have issues with doing the labor necessary to distribute the free food to other freeloaders.

So ;starting tomorrow ,in an act of protest against working for hours preparing food for
the vagrants, criminals and other freeloaders who have been descending on Zuccotti Park ; the kitchen staffers will scale down the menu to serve only basic brown rice and other spartan grub instead of the usual menu of organic chicken and vegetables, spaghetti bolognese, and roasted beet and sheep’s-milk-cheese salad.

Instead ,they will direct the freeloaders to other taxpayer services like soup kitchens and shelters that cater to the needy.

Occupy Wall Street kitchen slowdown targets squatters - NYPOST.com (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/zuccotti_hell_kitchen_i5biNyYYhpa8MSYIL9xSDL?CMP=O TC-rss&FEEDNAME=)



Protesters got their first taste of the revolt within the revolt yesterday when the kitchen staff served only peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and chips after their staff meeting.
And that is a hardship... why ? That was a steady diet when I was growing up. My mom would mass produce them for her brood.

I'd say that this is giving them a more valued education than anything the egghead socialists professors have ever taught them. They should take their protests to their campus and demand their money back.

I hear you... They are finally starting to learn a valuable life lesson nobody up until now bothered to teach them.

I'd say that this is giving them a more valued education than anything the egghead socialists professors have ever taught them. They should take their protests to their campus and demand their money back.


Why are they socialist?

Tut

So they are back to standard student fare, that'll teach them

They are a cross between Orwell's dystopian vision of socialism ;and Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.

they are a cross between Orwell's dystopian vision of socialism ;and Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.



Tom, these are works of fiction.

TUt

So life mirroring art

Tut you know better than that . They are commentary written as fiction .

Tom, these are works of fiction.

TUt

But that applies because the world of fantasy they live in is a work of fiction too.

Who's living in a world of fantasy? Surely not Tom?

Who's living in a world of fantasy? surely not Tom?

No... the freeloaders.

Let's face it theirs is not a good place, if it is fantasy, it must be a nightmare

But that applies because the world of fantasy they live in is a work of fiction too.

Hi Smoothy,

Now I'm confused.Who's world are you referring to? The feeloaders?

Tut

they are a cross between Orwell's dystopian vision of socialism ;and Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.


If you are referring to Animal Farm then as far as I remember it was a criticism of Stalin's Russia. I think Lord of the Flies was a commentary on human nature.

Tut

Tut I don't think these things are relevant even though they have been mentioned we are in the days of the Manchurian candidate

Hi Smoothy,

Now I'm confused.Who's world are you referring to? The feeloaders?

Tut

Yes... I am referring to the Freeloaders Utopia... where they get everything handed to them and they never have to earn anything.

Because if nobody ever does anything... how does anything ever get done?

If you are referring to Animal Farm then as far as I remember it was a criticism of Stalin's Russia. I think Lord of the Flies was a commentary on human nature.

Tut

Yeah a bunch of unsupervised and undisciplined children isolated on an island ;setting up their own social structure and it's ultimate decline into anarchy. Animal Farm was an indictment of Communism in general . Related to OWS is the notion that all animals are equal quickly becomes... but some are more equal than others .

I love it, the irony is so rich...


Some protesters threatened that the high-end meals could be cut off completely if the vagrants and criminals don’t disperse.

Unhappiness with their unwelcome guests was apparent throughout the day.

“We need to limit the amount of food we’re putting out” to curb the influx of derelicts, said Rafael Moreno, a kitchen volunteer.

A security volunteer added that the cooks felt “overworked and underappreciated.”

Many of those being fed “are professional homeless people. They know what they’re doing,” said the guard at the food-storage area.

Don't they know those freeloaders DESERVE to be fed by the occupiers?

Exactly... THEY are whining about not having to feed the Homeless... but THEY are somehow entitled to handouts themselves... Right... reality doesn't seem as sweet as their fantasy I suppose when the shoe is on the other foot.

Nope, the redistributionists have already complained about people redistributing their property, now they're complaining of people expecting something for nothing. Ba ha ha ha!!

Related to OWS is the notion that all animals are equal quickly becomes ...but some are more equal than others .


Sounds like that might apply to the top end of Wall Street as well.



Tut

Related to OWS is the notion that all animals are equal quickly becomes... but some are more equal than others

Well that is the spirit and guiding force of Wall Street isn't it? So that kind of behaviour is to be expected

Here is an example of 'The Lord of the Flies' .

Report: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/10/report-fights-erupt-between-occupy-wall-street-protesters/1)

here is an example of 'The Lord of the Flies' .



Is this what the occupy movement is evolving into?
Democracy: now for Plan B (http://www.smh.com.au/national/democracy-now-for-plan-b-20111029-1mp8z.html)

What a novel idea, an informed electorate that can communicate, debate, and interact. And influence the decisions of government.

You Aussies are evolving nicely.

What a novel idea, an informed electorate that can communicate, debate, and interact. And influence the decisions of government.

You Aussies are evolving nicely.

Oh yes we have had some lovely discussion forums in the last few years where ideas are brought forward and knocked by the government of the day, truly democracy in action

It has been my experience that no matter how well intentioned your actions may be, its not just government that may not agree with you, but your neighbor who is not convinced of your good ideas, because they think theirs are better. And can find the experts to back them up, LOL!

Thank God for Roberts Rules of Order.

Thank God for Roberts Rules of Order.

Haven't a clue what you are talking about, we record it all in Hansard and rely on Joske to give us a clue what to do