Civil Disobedience at NYC Tibet Protest

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• tibet
• protest
• tibetan
• 2008
• beijing
• olympics
• nyc
• sft

[Emiko415]

"Cause to fight for"? More like a cause to panhandle for, judging from the tip jar in the corner.

My "consumerist way of life" is exactly what fills your group's grubby little hands held out to those with jobs as you beg for cash. My taxes pay for your freedom to inconvenience New Yorkers as you please just to "get media attention."

What is pathetic is the incredible sense of entitlement of these people.

[kryptonwolf]

@Emiko415 It's about getting the media's attention, that's what its all about....you'll understand once you have a cause to fight for...for the meantime, go enjoy your pathetic, consumerist way of life.

[kryptonwolf]

@HXRGuitar Voices are herd through disobedience, disobedience to an unjust norm, if no one speaks out, nothing is done. You're a sad fellow.

[Emiko415]

It definitely accomplished a massive traffic jam up the Upper East Side. I suppose that is something.

I wonder if their supervisors on Monday would consider being arrested for that an acceptable excuse for taking a sick day, however.

Oh wait, I forgot. They neither have jobs nor pay taxes.

[Emiko415]

They are lying down in traffic on 1st Avenue in Manhattan (unbelievable) probably because it would be difficult for Tibetans to collect NY state benefits/food stamps (i.e., leech off of the American taxpayer) if they actually protested outside of the United States.

The Tibetan "temple" slash immigration halfway house doesn't pay taxes. Why on earth would they want to be anywhere else?

[HXRGuitar]

What the hell is this going to accomplishment protesting in America.. Its not happening over here so go complain and protest in Tibet.

[Emiko415]

Why are these protesters inconveniencing New Yorkers for heaven's sake? Shouldn't they be trying to inconvenience Chinese and lying down in Chinese traffic?

Or do they want us to do that for them as well?

So tired of Americans paying the bill for solving the problems of others.

And the thanks we get is being told "We have the right to lie in traffic on 1st Avenue. It's near the UN."

The sense of entitlement of these protesters is something else.

[Emiko415]

Then again, if these Tibetan protesters are collecting welfare and food stamps in addition to their under-the-table tax free jobs selling Made in China trinkets the other 6 days of the week. they don't really need to worry about things like being arrested and police records.

[Emiko415]

"I'm sorry, I couldn't come in to work on Monday. I got arrested again for lying down in 1st Avenue with the intention of inconveniencing as many New Yorkers as I could in order to get them to support our cause."

What a rational strategy for generating support for your cause.

No wonder they don't have jobs.

[Emiko415]

If these Tibetan protesters are unable to afford to live on the East Side of Manhattan, they have not earned the privilege of blocking traffic for the people who worked long and hard to be able to afford to do so.

Do these people have professional jobs? What kinds of jobs would allow for time off due to police incarceration?