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TIME Person of the Year: The Protester
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| Igaryok |
| Most protestors don't even know what they're protesting. |
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| Lira |
| Most posters don't even know what they're posting. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Igaryok
Most protestors don't even know what they're protesting. |
Do you really think that's true? That the majority of them have no idea why they're standing outside with other people? |
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| Lira |
| I heard the Arab Uprising happened because of false Free Falafel rumours. |
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| nchs09 |
hey hey ho ho, mountain goats have got to go
was the official chant of the arab spring protests. |
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| Lira |
| On a side note, I voted for them and I'm glad they made it. I can hardly wait for the protesters to show up at the ceremony :D |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I heard the Arab Uprising happened because of false Free Falafel rumours. |
I've always loved this tale touted by Banksy:
| quote: | | In November '89, in response to a small uprising in Timisoara, Romania, the country's corrupt and brutal dictator was persuaded to address a public rally in Bucharest. A lone man in the crowd, Nica Leon, sick of Ceausescu's dreadful regime started shouting in favour of the Timisoara revolutionaries. The crowd around him, obedient to the last, thought 'Long live Timisoara!' was a new political slogan and started chanting it to. It was only when he began shouting 'Down with Ceaucescu!' that they realised all was not right. They tried to get away from him, banners were getting dropped and broken in the crush and women started screaming. On the balcony, the panic sounded like booing. Ceausescu stood there ludicrously frozen, mouth opening and shutting. Then the head of Romania's security walked over to him and whispered 'they're getting in'. It was clearly audible on the President's microphone and was broadcast live across the whole country. The revolution had begun. Within a week Ceausescu was dead. Somewhere in a bar in Romania sits Nica Leon, a solitary man who changed the course of history. |
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| Lira |
| Read that when I bought his "Wall and Piece" and love it as well. I wonder if there really is much historical veracity to it. |
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| -FSP- |
Adolf Hitler was man of the year one time.
The Occupy movement disrupted workers working in the port of Oakland. Those everyday people need the money. Some Arab Spring rebels stuck knives up Gadafi's ass.
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
-Nietzsche |
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| Meat187 |
| I hope after the Arab spring we'll soon have demonstrations against democracy in the Western countries. It's about time despots like Merkel are removed from power. It's time for a new system. |
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