My commute was mildly impeded this morning when I encountered the most localized of all the Occupy protest movements.
Although they have not, to my knowledge, issued any formal demands, these people, like the rest of the Occupy demonstrators, have gathered in great numbers in a public place, to assert their will and defy the authorities. They will not be ignored. They are evidently sincere in their determination not to be physically moved from the ground they occupy.
I am speaking, of course, of the Occupy Metro Train Car Doorway Movement.
Every Metro car sports the crypto-Fascist warning that the government does not want people to stand blocking the train doors. Every Metro train operator abuses the public address system to loudly reiterate this mindless attempt to regulate our own bodies. But the OMTCD people resist – sticking it to the Man (or Woman) simple-minded enough to be using the train car doorways for any purpose so mundane as entry and exit.
To these brave legions of firmly-planted, never-meeting-your-gaze doorway standers who lead the way, helping make it possible, even socially acceptable, for the rest of us to say “the HELL with other people, why should I have to be polite or considerate?” I say, Bravo! BRAVO!
That’s the exact SAME sentiment I felt when I shoved you aside this morning so I could finally get off the train. We are kindred souls!
