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11 Dec 2008, 4:27 pm

How many innocent people do the rioters have to kill and businesses need to be destroyed before the people now throwing fire bombs are satiated?



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11 Dec 2008, 4:34 pm

it took a few months for the Parisian rioters to drop it so I'm thinking about that long as well... those southern tempers... :roll:


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11 Dec 2008, 5:20 pm

all I know is the Greek police shot a kid, in a manner people thought was unjust. However, there's a lot of other problems in Greece right now with the government, and this was the straw that broke the Camel's back.



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11 Dec 2008, 5:31 pm

pakled wrote:
all I know is the Greek police shot a kid, in a manner people thought was unjust. However, there's a lot of other problems in Greece right now with the government, and this was the straw that broke the Camel's back.

It's always one mistake by a cop that makes all hell break loose... I remember the race riots we had in Cincinnati because a cop got scared and shot a black criminal who turned out to be unarmed. Those were not fun times. Nothing anywhere near the problems they're facing in Greece, though.


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11 Dec 2008, 10:25 pm

When the times get rough people turn to one of two things, religion or communism. I see a resurgence of communism in Greece.

Anyone from Greece here? Please correct me if I'm wrong.



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12 Dec 2008, 4:40 am

I don't understand what's going on there. If the kid really was shot while throwing a petrol bomb I don't have any sympathy for him and I don't see why anyone else would. If that wasn't what happened, and I suspect it wasn't, then the protesting is certainly justified, but the senseless smashing and burning destroys the credibility of the protesters. :? It always seems like there's lots of people out there just waiting for any excuse to trash things. :(


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12 Dec 2008, 4:59 am

Ambivalence wrote:
I don't understand what's going on there. If the kid really was shot while throwing a petrol bomb I don't have any sympathy for him and I don't see why anyone else would. If that wasn't what happened, and I suspect it wasn't, then the protesting is certainly justified, but the senseless smashing and burning destroys the credibility of the protesters. :? It always seems like there's lots of people out there just waiting for any excuse to trash things. :(

Especially given that the man who shot the kid has already been arrested and criminal charges against him are pending... it's not as though the government is being evil. A cop screwed up, and that individual cop should face the legal consequences of his individual actions.


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