It's interesting to hear different opinions on the Stock Exchange protest, as many fail to understand it's main objective and can only see it as an obstruction to daily routine. In London, what started off as a scruffy disorganised protest blocking the entry to St. Paul's Cathedral was soon turned into a camp site which followed safety and security procedures, had recycling bins and all other kinds of facilities to make the place liveable and as least obstructing as possible.
Reading through different newspaper articles and going through some poll statistics, it is curious to observe people's reluctance towards protesters regarding them as 'obstructive' and 'a nuisance to the church'. Whereas the protesters were located in a highly commuted area and did become a settled camp with little intention to move, that is kind of the point of a protest, isn't it?
I mean, fair enough, they were living in a public area and might have created the need for religious people to walk around some tents, or might have forced some businessmen to read a variety of statements every morning; but they were fighting against a cause which is becoming ever more obvious to the eyes of the population and which must be said in a way which is heard, not only by friends and family, but by those which are in higher positions. Peole who need to be made aware - or even brought down.
Moreover, having been around the area and having personally talked to some of the protesters, I can give first hand information that they were very friendly people who sometimes offered free food (yum, yum) to those who weren't even part of the protest!
One way or another, the facts are what they are and in London, the Stock protest has been obliged to end. Two useful links to inform yourself on the topic: one from its beginning http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049486/Global-protests-Occupy-London-Stock-Exchange-takes-City.html and one from the end http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9022941/Protesters-lose-St-Pauls-eviction-battle.html .
And some pictures of my own:
