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G20 Happenings Thread... (pg. 46)
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| Jayx1 |
| LOL @ swamper. Good suggestion for a street party though!!!! |
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| Jayx1 |
| LOL @ swamper. Good suggestion for a street party though!!!! |
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| Abercrombie |
| It's so good it's worth repeating. |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
I saw that clip, he wore uniform and displayed authority, so he was a target. |
Right, you don't think though that if regular protesters started doing that they'd get similar treatment?
Maybe so, maybe no but either way the cops should have been there and not let it get to that point, then maybe there wouldn't have been tons of unreasonable detaining and overreaction.
Some have said (earlier in this thread) and I think I'm paraphrasing that there's no such thing as overreaction when public safety is at risk but I say there is...there's a middle ground. We're not at war (not real war anyway). |
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| Halycon |
| quote: | Originally posted by StereoPrincess
oh don't you know? the violence is planted by the police. |
sorry Marg... i been feeding 3500 people all night everday day last week... not much time to sleep or watch tv |
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| Halycon |
| quote: | Originally posted by hardcore trancer
We spent a billion dollars on security. where were the Police to protect the stores and the their own Police cars? |
the billion spent on secutiy.. had absolutly NOTHING to do with keeping property or people safe.... the money was spent on making sure NOONE got near the fence or mtcc/intercontiental complex. |
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| Jayx1 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halycon
the billion spent on secutiy.. had absolutly NOTHING to do with keeping property or people safe.... the money was spent on making sure the cops and their union buddies got a lot of overtime pay |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Endlesswave
You do realise that the form or protest you're against has had SIGNIFICANT impact on previous political movements in the past right?? |
you find me one government official who will state that people holding signs and walking down the street was what made them change their position on any issue. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halycon
the billion spent on secutiy.. had absolutly NOTHING to do with keeping property or people safe.... the money was spent on making sure NOONE got near the fence or mtcc/intercontiental complex. |
exactly...in the end the security did exactly what it was suppose to do. |
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| ChemEnhanced |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sly_Guy
and what happens when that letter is ignored? |
and what do you do when holding up a sign is ignored....as I'm sure not one of the leaders at the G20 even has a clue what anyone was protesting about. |
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| Endlesswave |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
you find me one government official who will state that people holding signs and walking down the street was what made them change their position on any issue. |
Lately maybe not but in the past it DID have significant impact, who's to say we should abandon it now?
I'd use any and all means at my disposal (legally and peacefully) if I felt strong enough about an issue. |
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| Halycon |
| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
exactly...in the end the security did exactly what it was suppose to do. |
well not ALL of them... you should be writing letter to Commisionaires ( who was given a contract for this thing) and asking for some money back. students were hired out,, for 10 days 12 hrs a day. for a $3000 paycheck.. 30% of the time the were goofing off, sleeping at their post, trying to be big shots like the RCMP and mouthing off to me @ 5 in the morning after i'd been there since the previous noon about my acredation... or in the MTCC underground cafe or south side cafe watching tv and leaving the place a mess...
a behind the scene look for youse guys |
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