A couple of weeks ago I published a photo of a house down the street that has joined the Occupy movement in its own way. They’ve erected a tent and put up a few signs. The tent is now decorated for Christmas!
I also posted the photo on my Free-FM blog and that found its way onto the Occupy London Facebook page. I was delighted to see that the homeowners left a comment on my blog. They seem like pretty nice people who are joining the movement in their own way. The kind of people you’d like to have as, oh I don’t know, maybe neighbours? Judge for yourself. Here is their comment in its entirety:
A member of our group posted this link on our Facebook group wall 
This one is mine but there are 5 other tents scattered around London so far as I know … actually 4 because one collapsed under the weight of the first snowfall that we had.
We do believe in the message Occupy brings. Our tent very much represents our belief that this movement is worth investigating. It takes a lot of work to get the information that is required to be able to make a sound and informed judgement and unfortunately there has been a concentrated effort to discredit everything associated with Occupy — which is how we (a middle class, middle aged non-descript couple) became involved and it’s been a real eye opener.
This is a global movement aimed at ensuring every person on earth has the basics of life: food, clean water & shelter
We have the technology, the resources and the money to ensure that no man, woman or child on this earth has to die of starvation, suffer un-necessary disease because of a lack of sanitization or suffer disfiguration or death from being exposed to the elements and we can achieve this if all people of the world work together to make the change happen in Canada it has to start at the top – with repealing Article 457 of the Bank Act and eliminating party politics so that the participatory direct democracy model can be implemented.
We admire the strength and work of the Occupy camps still standing around the world and we intend to keep the tent on our lawn … probably until we die because nothing worth having comes quickly or easily and we’re in this for the long haul.
Thank you for sharing our tent with your audience it was a little un-nerving for us but only because we never expected anyone from media would bother with such a small thing but we’re glad you did. We do apologise to the neighbourhood for the eyesore it creates … it’s not meant to be pretty but I’m not allowed to protest on public property so this was the best I could do to show my disappointment with city hall and my support for the movement.