Behold! The epic end to the Occupy Scranton permanent campground.

I’m reminded of that saying by Gandhi: first they laugh at you, then they laugh at you, then they laugh at you…

In all of its glory.

Yes, that man is wearing a dome shelter.  He wasn’t the only one.

Essentially, the Occupy Scranton people had dwindled down to a pair of shelters and a few people, and their permits had run out; when the cops came to finally break things down the Occupiers responded (after the obligatory claim that camping = free speech) by poking holes in the floors of said shelters and running away. Obviously, order was eventually restored. In fact, I am kind of impressed that the police handled things so well: if I had been on the scene then I probably would have concluded that the situation was really already too tense. Continue reading Behold! The epic end to the Occupy Scranton permanent campground.