Thank The 99% (whether you agree with them or not)

Mayor Ford said today that he's proud of the professionalism shown by the police during the Occupy TO eviction. I am too. My question is this; Why isn't he proud of his citizens for trying to change the world a little bit? Or proud that they were peaceful and respectful the entire time (minus a few exceptions, as with any large crowd)?

Shouldn't the Mayor of our city be proud that it didn't turn into the LA Riots or a UC Davis pepper spray shower? I think the Occupiers did a fabulous job of representing us on the world stage. No, their message wasn't a finely tuned Apple-esque marketing campaign. Yes, they might not shower as often as one would hope and the park did smell like it was 4:20 all day long. But I'm damn proud of Occupy TO.

I joined in the initial march to St. James Park and I visited the park a few times over the past two weeks. I may not support or even understand half of what they're fighting for, but God bless them for trying. I think we could all use a little more crazy in our lives. The status quo needs to be challenged sometimes even if means a man dressed as Jesus yelling into a megaphone about First Nations rights on the corner. If no one ever strayed from the safety of normalcy or pushed back a bit against the grain, where would we be as a society? Even if you disagree with what they're yelling, thank them for yelling it.

Leave it to me to rant on policitics and and relate it to Apple (twice), but Steve Jobs said it best: