The most lucid comment I’ve read tonight from the occupywallst.org site. I wish the mature protesters - not the ones who are there for egotistical/self involved reasons - much luck. We need to wake up:
“jmoonesq 3 points 6 hours ago
I typically wouldn’t comment on a page like this but there is something that needs to be said. I am not a proponent of corporate America or banks and think that the bailout stinks, however, they are not the only ones to blame. I think that a few of you need to look in the mirror at the hypocrite staring back at you. How many of you can answer with a clear conscience that you lived well within your means, that you bought a home that was much smaller than you wanted with a loan that was much smaller than the bank offered, how many drove a used car instead of opting for the BMW or Mercedes, how many skipped the Starbucks each morning for a home brewed cup, how many did without an I-Pad, I-Phone or Mac Book or the various updates? The list goes on and on. It’s easy to point the finger at the government and the banks, but the sad reality is, it isn’t their greed that did this, it’s the very citizen’s that felt entitled to more and their greed that did this. For those of you that are protesting, I applaud what you are doing - change needs to start somewhere. For those of you who disagree with protestors - I applaud what you are doing as well, as you are exercising one of our most fundamental rights, the right to speak freely. For those of you condemning the military and speaking of how they rape and pillage other lands, there are few who have served that actually want to go to war. The reason is, the soldiers die in war, not you. They follow orders because that is what they are trained to do. I know this because I served. We don’t question who the president is, we follow him as our commander in chief, we don’t ask for anything in return for what we have given you back home. Please don’t sully what we have done and what we stand for because you are upset with the government. That isn’t fair to us. For those seeking to use politics as an argument as the reason we have the problems we do, you should all be disgusted with Republicans and Democrats. When you are elected, you are here to serve the best interest of the people, not the party. Both sides are guilty of putting their party’s selfish interests over that of the American people. We recently witnessed this with our near bankruptcy and the nations debt. Both major parties should be held accountable. Both major parties have exploited the people and the economy. It isn’t by chance that a politican, both republican and democrat, comes to Washington and leaves much wealthier. If you want to inject politics to these issues, express your disgust on why neither group has ended the war, lowered the debt, held people accountable, why they haven’t passed a balanced budget, etc. I wish you all the best, even the one guy you are attacking on here because his opinion is different than yours. Please keep in mind that honest debate has many opinions that must be heard. If they aren’t you simply create the same problems that we have today - no one considering an alternative or possibly better way for everyone to live peacefully.”
