Hello brothers and sisters. No one (self included) "owns" "Occupy". This is why although being arrested on October 17th, 2011 with my Occupy brothers and sisters, I Leonard Clark make the following statement and have posted it on the Occupy Phoenix wall and to all its equivalents:
As of right now I announce my dropping out of the Occupy Phoenix facebook page and its internet web page and any group which believes through its actions that it owns the"Occupy" equivalent. As I see it, no one (including myself) "owns" Occupy. Occupy is not something to be quantified and by the standards of the horizontal movement itself it has already been co-opted There are to many now trying to take over something that is impossible to take over. By trying to do so, one might as well believe they can own a bubble or...own a wave upon which one surfs.
By dropping out of the entities stated above, I by no means believe I am dropping out of the mystical, spiritual and physical movement of "Occupy" which...I believe is a non-violent force for good, which in turn is love, compassion and humanity. Hope we can still be friends as I will continue to draw on the mystical and spiritual power of occupy. Best wishes and love to all of you -Leonard Clark