Occupy Wall Street -- just venting

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I can use it as a starting point to object to the city allowing marches without a permit, and to argue for a notification system for local residents.

Hmm. I normally would not chime in, but it seems to me that we are on a slippery slope regarding civil rights in this country (starting with what is now the excuse of terrorism). I would no advocate for a government to be in charge of approving of marches and demonstrations, which, incidentally, might be directed at that government. It sounds totalitarian to me, anathema to freedom of expression. [However, I think that the "drum circles" are plain nonsense and a nuisance.]