[tlrobinson]

The question is who is [DELETED] and what would their motive be?

Killing Occupy "leaders" seems like the absolute worst way to make the Occupy problem go away. Can you even imagine the outrage?

The only way it could possibly be successful is by making it clear that if you protest you will be killed, and I like to think we're still pretty damn far from complete totalitarianism.

[de_dave]

As always, it would come down to marketing. The secret would be to ensure that the sniper(s) appear to be lone wolves, rather than law enforcement agents. Any protests or occupations could then reasonably be split up on "safety" grounds, and at the same time the Occupy leaders would have to stay out of the public limelight for their own "safety".

[leke]

The question is, why haven't [DELETED] been thrown in prison for many years? Especially after those gamers got long sentences for posting a "jk" comment in a chat room.

[duiker101]

I think the question should be in first instance, why did those gamers got long sentences for posting a "jk" comment in a chat room?

[Semiapies]

You don't need complete totalitarianism for that - straightforward authoritarianism works just fine.

[iSnow]

Well I am more concerned about other aspects of this plot than its chances of reaching its goal.