# The most localized Occupy Movement of all **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260 "2011-11-17T19:46:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260/1 "2011-11-17T19:46:32Z")
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!_ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260/2 "2011-11-17T20:09:00Z")
If that’s the case, then the Occupy movement has been going on here for decades, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260/3 "2011-11-17T20:45:35Z")
I’m going to start an “Occupy the same position in three-dimensional space twice at the same time” movement. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260/4 "2011-11-17T20:47:37Z")
Then of course, there’s the How Many Angels Can Occupy the Head of a Pin movement. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260/5 "2011-11-17T21:18:34Z")
Excellent OP! Truth be told, I was expecting cute pictures of pit bulls slumped over occupying park benches 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260/6 "2011-11-17T21:28:23Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Then of course, there’s the How Many Angels Can Occupy the Head of a Pin movement. Plus, the How Many Angels Can Occupy a Pinhead movement… ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-localized-occupy-movement-of-all/603260/7 "2011-11-17T21:40:21Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Plus, the How Many Angels Can Occupy a Pinhead movement… Pinheads aren’t occupied by angels but by devils. I’m with the OP, my method of dealing with those occupiers is a sharp elbow and a sweet smile. “Oh I’m TERRIBLY sorry you were in the doorway.” I’m usually gone before they realize I wasn’t apologizing to them.