Originally Posted by Rochard

Am I saying we should disallow protests? No, not at all. This is what makes America what it is - the right to speak our mind and our right to protest.

If you want to protest, protest. Go out and shut down Wall Street for a day or your favorite bridge in San Francisco, don't cause any damage, and get your point across, and don't leave a mess behind. There might even be some extra added expenses for police, etc, whatever - If they can do it for the 4th of July they can do it for a protest so long as it's not a daily or weekly thing.

But hundreds or thousands of people camping out in park causing millions of dollars in damage is just not accepable. Most people don't even think about this - If NYC spent $6 million on OWS, that just came out of the pocket of New Yorkers. It's their tax dollars.