G20 demonstrations

am i right in thinking that a few years ago there was a big fight between city boys and the may day lot??

Ha, hilarious.
I guess a couple of the anarchists could come and get a foot in as well.

Delete cookies, reboot and get back to reading that Everton Fanzone if thats the case (get in his good books) ;)

I am proper moody right now (not forum related) so just venting.. i don't disagree with what they do or in most cases what they stand for. but there are ways to make a change and to do that you have to play the game

here is kitten to cheer you up

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^ I was just about to mention that......whitechapel anarchists amongst other anarchist groups WILL be in attendance, so I wouldn't think about wading in looking for a fight unless you are prepared for some serious mob violence, because thats what those guys always go looking for.

Half of the bankers will see the dress down day as a chance to ride their shiney new deep vs into work so most of you should fit in too.

Ha, hilarious.
I guess a couple of the anarchists could come and get a foot in as well.

its a bit blury and could be one of the urban myths , but i think the anarchist were a bit taken a back the the city fought back, red braces and dity locks every where.. it was a real mess

depressing

It kicked off in 2006 melbourne but it was between the police and protesters. i seem to remember a spanish anarchist shot a 2005 (i think) i only remember because there was a great photo where the journo lay on his belly and shot the victim with his mask off between the polices legs. they surrounded his body from the press. before that point he was a violent protested in a mask.

^ I was just about to mention that......whitechapel anarchists amongst other anarchist groups WILL be in attendance, so I wouldn't think about wading in looking for a fight unless you are prepared for some serious mob violence, because thats what those guys always go looking for.

not my scene mate, as i say it was only here say dont know the real deal as for the whitechapel anarchists + city boys looking for a ruck, wind em up and let em go!

here is kitten to cheer you up

:) you have no idea how well that works!

I use this one - no lies - i keep it on my desktop and send it out to people i work with to chill them out

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ha ha nice one :) may be get a massive print out and leave it in the city for G20 = riot just lots of people going arrrrrrrrr..kitten.

So people shouldn't let the government know their feelings, or if they want to do so they should do it by writing a letter, 'playing the game'?
Just so our tax bills can go down by 0.000001p saved by the lack of clean-up costs, and so that the worthily employed (cos only the unemployed go on protests) don't arrive home late for dinner?
Sorry but that's a big ole crock of self-centred bullshit.

If these protest are so effective why do the police feel the need to up their presence to the tune of 2.5m, why are banks telling staff to dress down and avoid key stations? and in cases not go in? why is london on full alert? why are minimum wage hotel/coffee shop staff going into work around the square mile worried?

If what they were campaigning for was so worth while we would all back them, we would support them and there wouldn't be any conflict?? what are they protesting about? i'll give you 10 articles on the troube and issues and 1 on what they are trying to change.
The Game is media, letter writing only if its in print.

I wouldn't say it's self centered, just sad

ha ha nice one :) may be get a massive print out and leave it in the city for G20 = riot just lots of people going arrrrrrrrr..kitten.

stick it on the riot shields ;)

The irony of you lot rolling up to this would be immense.

He's back...
heads to ignore

That they have an effect is missing the point - would you report the theft of your bike to the police, because that is almost certainly not an effective action if you want your bike back? The key is that you do it because you are expressing your views in a way that gets them publicised.
OK it's not an ideal form of communication but it's central to democracy, and until you come up with a better way of letting the government know your feeling en masse, you're stuck with it.
As for 'if what they were campaigning for was so worth while we would all back them', well that's just silly isn't it?
Coming up with rhetorical nonsense about 'The Game' is possibly the most ineffective way of contributing to a democratic process.

As for 'if what they were campaigning for was so worth while we would all back them', well that's just silly isn't it?

+1. It's beyond 'silly' - it's cretinous.
(I know the cretins won't mind me saying this).

If these protest are so effective why do the police feel the need to up their presence to the tune of 2.5m, why are banks telling staff to dress down and avoid key stations? and in cases not go in? why is london on full alert? why are minimum wage hotel/coffee shop staff going into work around the square mile worried?

Scaremongering by the press? No it wouldn't be possible...

If the G20 has its wicked little way, there will be alot of cheap property on the Isle of Man and in many other so called tax havens. Don't bother buying any unless you are planning to retire (Platini), as the fishing, farming and tourist industries are all but dead.

OK it's not an ideal form of communication but it's central to democracy, and until you come up with a better way of letting the government know your feeling en masse, you're stuck with it.

Elections?

elections?

rofl

Elections? Oh come on you can't seriously believe than an occasional tick-in-a-box is the be-all and end-all of democratic expression?
Well you've got a lot more faith in your elected representative than I have. What if the person whom you believe to be doing wrong is the one you voted for? Just accept that it's all your fault and next time you'll vote for his/her opponent?

the soap dodgers will get a beating from the police, the bigwigs will chat amoungst themselves with their own best interests at heart. life will go on as normal

Undoubtedly, but anyone who thinks that either party shouldn't fulfil their 'role' should sod off to North Korea and see what a protest-free country is all about.

If the G20 has its wicked little way, there will be alot of cheap property on the Isle of Man and in many other so called tax havens. Don't bother buying any unless you are planning to retire (Platini), as the fishing, farming and tourist industries are all but dead.

We've beaten England into third place in the European teenage binge-drinking league. Bulgaria came top.
:-(

80'000 alcoholics clinging to a rock.

the soap dodgers will get a beating from the police, the bigwigs will chat amoungst themselves with their own best interests at heart. life will go on as normal

Yep, that's pretty much what will go down.

I myself side with the protesters.