There is no shortage of angry people with no civics training, calling for Occupy Regina (Wall Street) protesters to “get a job”. As an Occupy Regina protester, I have a job. If I wasn’t employed, I’d still find a job volunteering, while I look for other paid employment. Those volunteering their time in Victoria Park are also doing a very important job: defending our constitution from attack, while standing up for justice and positive change that helps the people in our world who have less than we do.
Whoever said sitting peacefully wasn’t a political act that can change the world, has never heard of Rosa Parks, or Gandhi.
And City governments ought to think twice about infringing on protesters’ Charter rights in Canada, and First Amendment right in the USA.
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It should seem bizarre to anyone to tell people protesting high unemployment, amongst other things, to get a job.
It would seem even more bizarre for someone without a job wasting what time he has doing this instead of actually looking for a job.
Really? I don’t think so. Occupy Regina gives people working at it a purpose, and that’s most of what a job is for. If they can feed and shelter themselves at the same time, then they’ve found work. A “job” that contributes to the problem around us, isn’t working toward a solution.
No OWS protestors in my city. We’re all too busy occupying real jobs.
Define a “real job” for us perhaps?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_(role)
There are people who have no choice but to try and survive out doors in Regina’s winters, be it for economic or health reasons.
To do so voluntarily shows a commitment. If one considers it their purpose in life to bring awareness to an issue – regardless of what that is then I’m down with that.
Call it a job, a purpose or a calling if you can make a living at it so be it.
Not when I’m helping to foot the bill.