Every once in a while a few hundred people show up claiming they are
\nthe ninety-nine percent. Last time I did my math which was just now,
\nninety-nine percent of the American population works out to around
\ntwo hundred and ninety-seven million people.
\nI get the point these protesters are trying to make but surely the
\ncountry at large does not, at least not yet. I’m quite fond of analogies
\nand perhaps the following is one, you tell me.
\nAs demonstrated, any average size police force can quell a few hundred
\nunarmed demonstrators, stun guns, stun grenades, flashbang grenades,
\ntear gas, water cannons, mace in the face, not to forget the trusty
\ntruncheon. Ninety-nine percent indeed.
\nGandhi led a non-violent movement, but when he confronted Government
\nhe had not hundreds but thousands at his back.
\nThe British had no choice, to engage in slaughter would overnight
\nbring tens of millions down on them and they had not that much ammunition
\nnor chance of re-supply, they would have been lucky if they had only
\nwound up in “the black hole of Calcutta”.
\nNo, only when the ninety-nine percent is the ninety-nine percent.
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