I agree that many in the OWS do not want this type of violence, but I don’t agree they are the majority. You can watch videos of the Oakland vandalism/near-riot and hear only a few asking for non-violence while the majority ignore them. It’s always been amazing to me to see communists/socialists grouping up with anarchists (the ones who propel these riots in most cases). Add in homeless who are in many cases mentally unstable and a criminal element and the OWS is a time-bomb waiting to explode. None of which is good for Democrats (Nixon was elected in no small part to the violence at the convention protests) who have embraced them, and none of which is good for our nation. For example, the Oakland protest/near-riot shut down the port of Oakland which results in lots of people not being able to work and losing jobs. And still the Union there supports it. It’s a fricken crazy world I tell ya.

As to Greece, well, it, and many nations in Europe have a not-so grand tradition of rioting in the past couple of decades. This particular rioting is the result of a nanny-state going broke and a population raised on hand-outs not at all willing to give them up. Same for Britain a few months ago.