From the Opinion column of The Tennessean by Bill Howell of Nashville.

Occupation makes a powerful statement about the depth of one’s commitment to obtaining a redress of grievances that cannot be made in another manner.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120131/OPINION03/301310012/Fight-bill-will-quash-assembly-rights

My agreement with this goes as follows:  The country, the state,  and the people in it deserve to know,  and must know,  what Occupy movements see as the issue at stake here.  The political process is broken.  Simply “Voting” seems to leave it at the hands of those we elected to begin DISCONTINUING their listening to us once they are elected,  and to commence turning all their attention to listening to money and keeping  then in their position.  If we can no longer hear our voices in what they are saying and doing,  then we dissent. And we MUST be allowed  to dissent, NON-VIOLENTLY,  in whatever way deemed necessary ,  to get our voices heard.