I live in NYC. All of the local newspapers are talking about all the anarchist groups coming to NYC for the RNC next week. I found that kind of funny since anarchy can be defined as:

an·ar·chy
Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or purpose.



Sooo...what are anarchist meetings like? Do they all show up and then leave in disgust with themselves for having a common purpose? Can there really be "anarchy groups"? I mean, by definition they should break up as soon as they are formed, shouldn't they? ;)

(I know, I know...they are using the political definition of anarchy meaning the wanting for no formalized government...but then if I assault an anarchist, will he press charges?)

I mean, really. What do anarchists do in their free time? I can't imagine being a professional anarchist (as the Daily News described the 50 most highly touted anarchists) really puts a ton of food on the table, so to speak.

Anyway, I found it funny. I look forward to next week. Midtown will be SO much fun to work in....

Ha...you can vote on your own threads? Thats sorta lame :cool:

Just lob a few hand grenades into their little meeting.

Theres your anarchy, bitches.

It's not going to be a problem.....they will all end up in different cities when they try to plan their trip. By the time figure it out and make it to NYC, they will realize they have no real purpose being there. :)

I love that we live in an era of "professional protesters." It could get ugly there... the same dumbasses descended on Seattle during the WTO meeting a few years ago. They're fun to laugh at but they cause a lot of damage.

Just to followup on this.

Despite what you hear on the radio / see on TV / read on the internet, Midtown has exactly the same number of people in it as every other day. its just the nature of the people that has changed. Instead of tourists and commuters its cops, cops, cops and some more cops. If the ratio normally was 100 people to 1 cop, it is now 100 cops to 1 person (or at least, it seems that way).

Its like watching the Matrix: Revolutions. Every damn person has turned into a Smith (cop). Getting around *on foot* is a pain in the ass. I can't even imagine driving in.

On a lighter note, nothing has blown up and less than .02% (thats 2/10ths of 1 percent) of the protestors have had to be arrested.

Naturally, they don't understand that civil disobedience, like impromptu sit-ins in the middle of the street to block traffic, are still illegal. One of the great parts of our civil rights movement is the actual part about beign arrested. All of the greats have been.

Of course, they do not make protestors as tough as they used to be, either. Now they are complaining that the other inmates were mean to them, stole their money and did not even leave them enough for a phone call. Imagine that! Jail is a bad place!

Perhaps they should just tell them "But I'm a liberal! Its because of me that you can watch the Sopranos while your locked up!"

I wonder how well that would go over? ;)

Is it possible that some jail time may get these idiotic groups, like "Protestors without Pants" and wahtever that cyclist group who blocked up the Brooklyn Bridge was named, to realize that you can talk and talk and talk to some people as much as you want. They won't change. I doubt it, but I am an optimist.