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First off, Occupy professes non-violence and does not riot. If you are reading these words, and you are a parent of young children, I want you to conduct a tho

First off, Occupy professes non-violence and does not riot. If you are reading these words, and you are a parent of young children, I want you to conduct a thought experiment: Imagine you have no food in your home, zero. Add to that you have enough money for one meal a day to be shared with your kids. Your children are hungry and you can not feed them. Add to that everyone on your block or neighborhood being as hungry as you are. Got this picture? Now answer this question: Is there anything you would not do to feed your hungry kids, stop them from crying? edit: World food prices in total rose 25 percent in 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jan/23/food-speculation-banks-hunger-poverty http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jan/23/foo... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-24/speculation-swings-may-threaten-food-security-ministers-say.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-24/speculation-swings-... I don't have kids, but I did a fast of only juice for a week so I know a bit what it is to feel hungry. It makes you to strange things. edit: why the down votes?

jlgreco 14y ago
How likely is it that significant numbers of people are going to go from "able to feed their families" to "can't afford a dollar box of noodles" in a single year? I just don't see it happening. There is a long long way to go between the current living standards people enjoy and literally no food.
- leoh 14y ago
  What about this in conjunction with a loss of power due to a solar flare? Rising oil prices due to excessive unrest in oil-producing countries? Due to market crashes?
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    This is starting to sound more and more like a crappy summer disaster movie.
- chrischen 14y ago
  Think third world and developing countries.
CamperBob2 14y ago
First off, Occupy professes non-violence and does not riot. Isn't this like saying "Anonymous professes _____ and does not ______?" Anyone can call themselves "Occupiers." Food is pretty much a solved problem, at least in the US. It used to take virtually the entire country's labor to feed itself. Now agriculture is a single-digit percentage of the workforce. Of course we can debate whether what's on the supermarket shelves should really be called "food," but for most Americans the question has been settled to their satisfaction. There aren't going to be any food riots in the US.
- lifeguard 14y ago
  Yes, but if you are an "Occupier" you agree to abide by the votes of the General Assembly. The original statement by Occupy Wall Street, that was endorsed by most GAs, stated they were non-violent. Being violent plays right into the script of the State. However, Occupiers also always have free autonomy as individuals. "food is taken care of in the USA" Not for poor children. Not for homeless mentally ill people who don't take their medication. Not for elderly who live on fixed incomes during the Winter. There is much shameful hunger in the USA.
  - ekianjo 14y ago
    "There is much shameful hunger in the USA." AGain ? Do you hear dozens of people dying from starvation everyday in the papers? Starvation has a cause of death is like almost nil in all modern countries. You should be more worried about obesity, diabetes as morbidity-leaders among all categories you mentioned.
    - lifeguard 14y ago
      You need to understand poor nutrition causes a lot of health problems and can lead to an early death. Food is not a dichotomy.
    - sp332 14y ago
      Do you hear dozens of people dying from starvation everyday in the papers? No, because it's not news. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf There were 2,850 deaths in the USA directly from malnutrition in 2009. That's almost 1 per 100,000 people, every year. That's more than twice as many as Hodgkin's disease.

jlgreco 14y ago

How likely is it that significant numbers of people are going to go from "able to feed their families" to "can't afford a dollar box of noodles" in a single year? I just don't see it happening. There is a long long way to go between the current living standards people enjoy and literally no food.

leoh 14y ago
What about this in conjunction with a loss of power due to a solar flare? Rising oil prices due to excessive unrest in oil-producing countries? Due to market crashes?
- jlgreco 14y ago
  This is starting to sound more and more like a crappy summer disaster movie.
chrischen 14y ago
Think third world and developing countries.

CamperBob2 14y ago

First off, Occupy professes non-violence and does not riot. Isn't this like saying "Anonymous professes _____ and does not ______?" Anyone can call themselves "Occupiers." Food is pretty much a solved problem, at least in the US. It used to take virtually the entire country's labor to feed itself. Now agriculture is a single-digit percentage of the workforce. Of course we can debate whether what's on the supermarket shelves should really be called "food," but for most Americans the question has been settled to their satisfaction. There aren't going to be any food riots in the US.

lifeguard 14y ago
Yes, but if you are an "Occupier" you agree to abide by the votes of the General Assembly. The original statement by Occupy Wall Street, that was endorsed by most GAs, stated they were non-violent. Being violent plays right into the script of the State. However, Occupiers also always have free autonomy as individuals. "food is taken care of in the USA" Not for poor children. Not for homeless mentally ill people who don't take their medication. Not for elderly who live on fixed incomes during the Winter. There is much shameful hunger in the USA.
- ekianjo 14y ago
  "There is much shameful hunger in the USA." AGain ? Do you hear dozens of people dying from starvation everyday in the papers? Starvation has a cause of death is like almost nil in all modern countries. You should be more worried about obesity, diabetes as morbidity-leaders among all categories you mentioned.
  - lifeguard 14y ago
    You need to understand poor nutrition causes a lot of health problems and can lead to an early death. Food is not a dichotomy.
  - sp332 14y ago
    Do you hear dozens of people dying from starvation everyday in the papers? No, because it's not news. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf There were 2,850 deaths in the USA directly from malnutrition in 2009. That's almost 1 per 100,000 people, every year. That's more than twice as many as Hodgkin's disease.