Comments on: Tartans to Unite Protest Movements.

By: Linda-mary Smalley

Linda-mary Smalley — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:47:55 +0000

John so are so RIGHT. I wonder where some of the rest of you are getting your “information” from. As for the glorification of capitalism, wake up, take a good look around, it is really working? Perhaps some of you think it is! John you are in a minority here but that doesn’t make you wrong, they will catch up eventually. I am “so out of here”

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:27:27 +0000

This is what we do in America. Complain about people making money, then make a product to cash in and make money. Makes sense right?

By: Elaine Mac Taggart Hopkins

Elaine Mac Taggart Hopkins — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:53:22 +0000

What in the world do you think corporations do? Fox New? What has this to do with this? I have personally witnessed these people, mostly students, well off looking, afraid to go out on their own.

By: David Lloyd Mitchell

David Lloyd Mitchell — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:19:39 +0000

I run a business with a 6 figure turnover but its run on ethical principles. Staff are treated fairly and paid an honest wage. We have to pay our dues to HMRC (NRS) meanwhile huge companies like Vodaphone screw the system and get away without paying millions in taxes because they can pay for expensive lawyers who can find tax loopholes, use offshore funds and cheat the government and that means cheat you!

labelling the occupy movement as ‘anti capitalist’ is convenient but wrong, anyone within the movement that is saying this clearly doesn’t understand the issues. If you look at the economies of countries like France and Germany you could easily call them ‘anti capitalist’ since there is a degree of collectivism through workers co-determination. Even Japan which has a system of interlocking shareholding to protect companies from hostile takeovers would be seen to show traits that were fundamentally against the ideals of ‘capitalism’

By: Robert S.

Robert S. — Tue, 29 May 2012 04:07:08 +0000

Cindi- I couldn’t agree more with your post. This “movement” is just about a group of people that want a reason to protest, think it is cool to “Occupy” something, and have a serious sense of entitlement. Just follow the money-trail to learn about real antagonists of this mess: Unions, ACORN, George Soros ($$$$), Elizabeth Warren ($$$$), and Hollywood celebrities (most are the very 1% that this movement is supposed to detest). The biggest group of hypocrites and frauds you will ever find.

If you are in Europe, please don’t believe what the media is telling you about these protests. This is bogus and being funded to create a distraction for the upcoming election. Many of the idiots don’t even know what they are protesting. No, this is quite different than the Tea Party movement. Those rallies have no violence, leave no trash, and don’t want anything for free. Occupy Movement is riddled with such lovely scenes of violence, trash, rape, drugs, and people wanting more “freebies” from the taxpayer.

By: Dean Sims

Dean Sims — Tue, 29 May 2012 00:38:00 +0000

I would like to comment that really what built America is Freedom. To work and do what was the right thing- care for your families, build a skill or trade, worship God and then pass on that lifestyle to future generations. It is the Veteran who gave us in America the Freedom we have. Granted, in all nations, there are those who take advantaged of the poorer classes. Yet to be against capitalism is foolish. Should we have the government dictate to us what job we should have and how much money we should make, how to spend it, etc? Government is the real problem with nations. Not all rich people are criminals, and not all poor people are victims. In America, we have generations of people who have been on the government handout and don’t want to work. If I want to start a business to support my family, does that make me an evil capitalist? Think about what you support!!!

By: John Syme

John Syme — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:41:34 +0000

You see this is where it all falls apart and people like you demonstrate your off the radar ignorance. If you actually listen to the arguments rather than having Fox News summarise it for you the you might understand that the bigger picture is not an attack on capitalism but an attack on corporations who misuse and abuse their position to exploit others.

Capitalism didn’t build America. Enterprise imagination and had work did. The banks didn’t make America great it was the pioneers of industry

If we left it to you lo we would still have Victorian school kids cleaning chimneys aft all there’s an honest days work fro you.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:31:51 +0000

‘Travesty in plaid’? Of course. But look at some recent registrations from the Scottish Tartans Registry:

Punky Princess
Héritage Séquane
Rikaco Holiday
Tahrir (Liberation)
Neumann GPS (That’s German Pipe Smokers!)
Brian Boru 2014
Nike Golf (they have two)
Dinarzh: Fortress of the Bear
Iroquois Falls Centenary

and hundreds more. Tartan is no longer only a traditional fabric; it’s a fashion item, a branding tool, and in many cases a personal plaything.

I don’t blame the Registry: their purpose is to avoid duplication. But anyone – absolutely anyone – can use tartan for whatever they like.

By: Elaine Mac Taggart Hopkins

Elaine Mac Taggart Hopkins — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:17:59 +0000

Must also ad this bloody, false, stupid tartan should be burned!

By: Elaine Mac Taggart Hopkins

Elaine Mac Taggart Hopkins — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:14:38 +0000

John you are so wrong, what planet are you from? Did you know the the SEIU has paid many of these occupy people $50/hour to demonstrate? Capitalism has built the USA, the Declaration of Independance is based on the Scottish Demands for independance, given to the English, I believe in the 1300′s. If this group is against Capitalism I am so out of here.