If the two month commitment to peaceful and restrained occupation begins to breakdown don't forget who made violence against the elderly, war veterans, students, unions, children, the homeless, intellectuals, and just about every walk of life a national policy. People are fighting for nothing short of the right to live. Their homes have been seized, their futures consumed by debt, their retirements evaporated after decades of hard work and the leaders who speak in their name offer only insulting condolences or degrading vitriol. As such this is not a struggle for flat screen TVs or the American dream.
It is for many the demand not to be made expendable, not to be forgotten and abandoned. The stakes are life and death so do not be surprised if police brutality, sonic blasts, and chemical weapons only escalate the conflict. The United State is being confronted by two kinds of coordinated action. The policy of using pain, intimidation, and spectacular demonstrations of force to achieve policy is called terrorism. The collective demand by people not to be silenced or ignored by their government is called democracy. When things turn really ugly please don't forget who the real terrorists are.
