Comments on: Open Letter from Occupy London Stock Exchange to St Paul’s Cathedral

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:51:21 +0000

Not to sure about this?

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By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:44:12 +0000

Mike – it’s just delusional stuff. Your protest needs to be grounded in reality and ask some serious questions such as “how did the regulatory regime allow banks to gorge on high-yield sovereign debt” most of the stuff here is little better than sub-O level economics and very ill-informed schoolboy debating.
Do you seriously propose that selling a few % of the crown jewels or a few royal homes will raise £1.72 trillion. It wont! The fact is that the country has run up huge debt through massive public spending.
“All the political non action over the crisis is about is so super computer run hi speed looting of the markets makes more profit in volitile markets. ”
No it’s a lack of political will to face the fact that taxes have to raise, government spending has to fall (i.e. cuts!) and living standards have to fall. High frequency trading has nothing to do with it.
“About 100 million per day per company in all markets is stolen from our ecconomies. ”
In what sense? How?
“if the government had taxed each trade we could pay off the debt.”
Er no. The Tobin tax will raise a very round sum precisely zero as all the trade booking moves to Switzerland, Hong Kong and New York where the tax is not levied.
“And we have a spineless and totally corrupt government, that wasnt even ellected.”
Spineless yes, but in what way corrupt – to make that allegation beyond schoolboy debating points please point to where? Arguably the Lib Dem/Con coalition has the largest share of the vote ever.

By: Gareth Hole

Gareth Hole — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:33:16 +0000

Emms – if the protest had your “full support” you’d be camped out at St pauls. Clearly the fact you are not tells me that you believe in a different form of protest.

By: Gareth Hole

Gareth Hole — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:36:11 +0000

I’m sorry but you are coming accross as a group of arrogant and conceited individuals, claiming to be fighting for the rights of the masses by failing to consider the rights of others. “We once again urge the Cathedral to bring to our attention, immediately, the particular details of the health and safety issues to address them.”…..urrrrgggh, maybe the fact there are 500 people sleeping rough in a public place (or is it private property, i’m not sure)….go and protest, organise yourselves properly, set yourselves up in constituencies as a political party, organise talks throughout the city, get people motivated, I’d want vote for you myself!!! But sleeping rough en masse in the middle of the city and arguing that you have a “right” to do that is frankly not endearing me to the cause.

By: MIKE MILLAR

MIKE MILLAR — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:57:01 +0000

if we sold a few % of the crown jewels we could clear the debt or if we sold 10 or 20 of royal homes we could. i say the crown but they belong to us all realy. there are lots of ways to clear it,they dont want us to pay it off tho cos it keeps us all in debt and poor. Wot do we need a queen or king for anyway, arent we supposed to be a democracy? thats because old money is at the head of the 1%. All the political non action over the crisis is about is so super computer run hi speed looting of the markets makes more profit in volitile markets. About 100 million per day per company in all markets is stolen from our ecconomies. if the government had taxed each trade we could pay off the debt. Its not ability to get it under control, its the will. And we have a spineless and totally corrupt government, that wasnt even ellected. And dont get me started on whitehall, arrggh and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 .ahhh.

By: MIKE MILLAR

MIKE MILLAR — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:29:56 +0000

no, a fairer one. and we dont have capitalism now, that would imply fair and equal compatition. 5 or 10 large coperations fixing global prices is NOT a capitalist system.sure u aint thinking of dictatorship?

By: MIKE MILLAR

MIKE MILLAR — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:19:47 +0000

wot like the 11.11.11.11.11.11 movement? auspiscious is it, use the power of the 1s to fight the 1%. Cool!!

By: MIKE MILLAR

MIKE MILLAR — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:13:16 +0000

Its so they can aquire an eviction on health and safety grounds.they probably got 1%s on the board of trustees or somesuch. The top of the church is as greedy as LSX and wall st, morally tho 100 times worse. As some1 i know is fond of saying “humankind will only be truely free, when we strangle the last king with the entrails of the last preist”. Too violent? on the lowest levels theyre great, bishops dress in silk and ermine that was the mark of a king. this is how they see themselves. bow and kiss my ring? they can kiss my ring if they like, it aint golden tho lol.

By: MIKE MILLAR

MIKE MILLAR — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:52:40 +0000

its defo an I.T. revolution and the global responce is just ozmazing.as for the sitting around, its hard to coordinate events on a laptop while u are standing up, be they global or otherwise.The camps are providing a place in the real world to focus peoples attention to the protests.but its on line coverage is just great and makes me feel im part of the world again, truly part of a world changer.