With the horizontal structure of Occupy, will it mean less or more chances of a bad actor

[Leopolds Ghost]

7. I apologize if I over-reacted, it's just that we don't experience all this stuff at my local Occupy.

Everyone from the anarchists to the faith groups to the mainstream political organization groups tries to stay in solidarity with the GA hereabouts, and we've gotten criticized by young and eager folks from NY for being "insufficiently confrontational" because of it.

I agree with you that pointless vandalism and such is cancer to the movement, and I'd go further and say that stuff like flag burning and other slogans go against the message Occupy is trying to put out, which is why Occupy relies on GAs (it's not just flag burning or vandalism, but things like moochers printing "Support Occupy -- donate money" and panhandling for personal gain, etc.) in short, Occupiers need to try to let the GA process correct for this stuff or else having GAs is pointless... if it wasn't consensed on by any local GA, then don't use Occupy as a cover for actions that are not in solidarity with the Occupy message. Beyond that, it's a discussion over tactics... but in general repudiating provocateurs is sufficient, the media will not care how we responded if a brick is thrown, they will only report on the brick, because the media goal is to destroy the movement and they can always find or hire someone to do something that will upset TV-land.