Since the Occupy Toronto claims to speak for me as part of the "other 99%", I can't help comment that they don't, in fact, speak for me.
These protestors -- who probably amount to less than 1% of the population themselves -- don't like the top 1% of income earners.
Fair enough.
But why claim to speak for anyone else other than themselves?
I don't want anyone to speak for me, really. I'm not part of the top 1% but I have nothing to complain about and certainly nothing to protest about.
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Seriously, very nice one, I can't stop laughing :-)))
They'd probably just call it advocacy or extrapolation, as long as you don't inform them in writing about your dissidence.
What's curious is that with the current democratic system, 51% is not enough any more, one needs 99% to draw attention.
Extrapolation is a good word for this :)
The Toronto Star said 2000 people came out yesterday, which makes it less urgent than the abortion issue if participation is a gauge of how important this is.
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