Anyway, I had been tweeting about #OccupyBoston. Some of their Twitter supporters said that couldn't talk about it if I didn't go myself. So Friday night and Saturday morning I did - two separate visits mind you......Princess Crabby doesn't camp.
I have no good pics from Friday night despite the fact that I used the flash, it was just the cell phone and not the camera. Plus it was raining and everything was blurry. By raining, I mean that at times it was like standing under a waterfall. I saw filth and garbage and ruined plantings. There were people dancing under a tarp and playing music and chewing up all the grass. There was every kind of tent and shanty. And there was a 3rd world stench. They are going to be lucky if no one gets cholera or malaria.
Saturday morning I walked from Aquarium on the Blue Line to South Station for the Red Line.
This is how it looks
Little parks, all different but connected between traffic intersections.
A world of difference from when I was a little girl. Just lovely.
And at the last intersection, just before crossing Congress Street to where the #OccupyBoston encampment is, I found this guy -
"We honor those who serve" I introduced myself and asked why he was there. He said he wasn't there to pick a fight. But that the story of some from the #OccupyBoston camp verbally and physically assaulting a uniformed member of the Coast Guard has moved him to act. He said he was there in solidarity with her.The first thing I did was send it to Blackfive because I knew he would get it online much faster than I could - I really need to get a fancy-schmancy phone.
Hi Bostonmaggie. Thank you so much for sharing that photo. I recently got out of the service, and when I stumbled across the story of what those two men did, I was horrified. And I was disgusted by the way it was just blown off by the rest of the protestors. It is really encouraging to see someone take a stand. Thanks again for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThey are going to be lucky if no one gets cholera or malaria.
ReplyDeleteMalaria, no; it's transmitted by mosquitoes, and mosquito season is over in New England. Cholera is a possibility -- it's transmitted through contaminated drinking water. It's also limited exclusively to 3rd World countries nowadays, and it's a really really nasty thing to have -- look up the symptoms if you don't believe me. At the risk of sounding vindictive, since these bozos want to reduce the US to a third-world economy, it'd be appropriate if they get a full taste of what that will really mean.
Do we know who this person is? Saw this at Blackfive, and wanted to refer to it on other sites. -jordan
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't know who it is. I didn't press for his name. He was a little hesitant about having his pic taken.
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