Occupy Me

Occupy Yourself

If the news is anything to go by it's becoming popular to "occupy" somewhere.  It seems some people do this by putting up a tent, some people hold court on microphones in public whilst others democratically repeat everything Mic Man is saying - someone should go and occupy a bigger amp! 

In some parts of the world choosing to "occupy" somewhere attracts the attention of snipers, in others rubber bullets & tear gas.  In the good old US of A members of the republic can occupy themselves with Police brutality when they aren't occupied with choking on pepper spray delivered point blank by fat brainless uniformed bullies. Move now or occupy a taser tomorrow is the democratic answer implied by elected representatives concerned with dwindling bankers prospects in the west. 

It seems the world over that 99% of the people can occupy themselves with almost anything other than a living wage, education, prospects and straight answers to straight questions!

With that in mind I thought I might share something I started many years ago when I first broke ranks and disturbed the peace by asking a question only an open mind could ask and another open mind could answer. My father had no idea how to answer the question, but that impertinent set back was soon eclipsed by the double bind imposed by his loss of authority if he didn't answer.

I got the telltale "Quizzical Eye of Seething Anger" before the scorn I deserved for asking stupid questions was unleashed. But I learned something he didn't intend and what I consider to be most important - to answer my own questions.  I'm now calling this the Occupy Me movement, it's easy to do and its open to all!

• Do more, Plan less.
• Think more, Talk less.
• Move more, Eat less.
• Read more, Watch less.
• Test truths, Learn facts.
• Be sure, Don't act.
• Take less, Give more.
• Judge less, Love bores.

So there it is, in a nutshell  - Occupy Yourself.  Get in there, get comfortable and make yourself at home if you haven't been there for a while.  Accept, explore and acknowledge you as primary authority in your life.  Find your own answers, make your own decisions and allow others the privilege to do the same.  Yes you'll loose the TV, rediscover books, fresh air, interesting people and your intuition. But there's no guarantee it'll change the world, just YOUR world, so you can get on living. That is, actively engaging the world in a considered manner of YOUR choosing.

The "Occupy Me" Movement

Because you can't be moved from between your ears without consent!

Occupy Me is not compatible with bigoted opinion, civil inattention or easy answers.  Batteries not included - independent power supply essential.

Best Wishes - Mark

The natives! Restless you say?!!?

Police Chief Sir Hugh warns "if protesters continue to refuse to co-operate then police tactics will have to become more extreme." These people already have great pensions schemes, compensation schemes and a wide range of support and weaponry including body armour, helicopters, bats, guns, dogs, horses and nationwide surveillance [PAID FOR BY US] to help them fight crime. What more do they need anyway?

But just what is this refusal that Orde alludes to? Is it refusing to be nice after ripping your cell door off in 'A' block? Nope. Is it for attempting to cover up some reprehensible crime on behalf of your buddies? Nope. Is it for knowingly committing fraud because everyone else was or for taking part in some huge white collar crime scheme? Nope, getting colder. In this instance it appears to mean not engaging with the police before protesting and/or not having defined leaders. Who the hell does this man think he is The TerminatOrde? He barely stops short of blurting "Aaa'll be beck!"

So, let me re-cap. In this democracy we can protest as long as we ask to do so first and nominate a scapegoat beforehand. Otherwise we can expect a blast of CS for not moving when told.

Right.. OK...

In the interests of a decent democratic system that actually could have merit when you think about it - an addenum to the Common Law? If you ASK us and we agree you may continue with what you want to do as long as WE want you to do it. If we could spread that reasoning out into society as a whole and apply it to other aspects of modern life such as economics and war, amongst many others, it could have benefits.

You can use our money to take our men to war as long as we agree to your explanation of why beforehand and as long as you nominate who's responsible for if things turn out any different to the way you claimed.

Or..

You can make vast profits from lending money but only as long as we agree to the way you intend to go about it and you tell us who will be responsible in the event your business fails, causing huge losses and burden to the people that trusted the position you wanted and from which you continually profit greatly from.

It's growing on me!

I started out sceptical of this idea, a touch caustic even. But if we get this moving, it might just save us ALL a lot of trouble.

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