Originally posted by squealpiggy
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This just in! British Parliament agrees to student demands!
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The students got what they wanted.
The state and cops didnt.
The students won, unless this op is a lie.
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Originally posted by squealpiggy View PostSatire. No, they didn't get their way. I outlined a fictional scenario in which parliament was recalled for the day and decided to hold the vote again and it was reversed meaning that smashing the shit out of everything like an angry toddler in a supermarket actually achieved something. Of course nothing of the sort actually happened, the motion passed and the middle class Fauntelroys busy slumming it by smashing windows in Trafalgar square have failed.
But I honestly think that politics is pretty low on the list of motivations for the majority in attendance.
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Originally posted by squealpiggy View PostIn an unprecedented move British parliament has recalled its days session to rehold the vote and this new vote has effectively blocked all legislation pertaining to an increase in tuition fees. National Union of Students spokesperson Miriam Wett-Ferchiena has hailed it as a "great day for democracy".
NO THEY HAVEN'T YOU STUPID FUCKING HIPPIES! You had weeks to lobby your MPs, write letters to parliament, attend community meetings and put together petitions, but it's far more fun to dress up like a twat in a Jester's outfit and wave a fucking placard with the rest of your ridiculous student friends!
Way to get the **** kicked out of you by the police for NO FUCKING REASON!
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Originally posted by squealpiggy View PostDispersal used to be standard police technique for preventing riots. The trouble is that it simply allows the rioters to rally and start up again elsewhere. It only defers the problem. Kettling on the other hand works by keeping everyone in one place until they no longer have the desire or spirit to riot. They get demoralised and just want to go home. So kettling is a considerably safer and more effective method than dispersal.
If these protests had occured in Italy there would have been unmarked black caabinieri everywhere, masked and completely unidentifiable. There would have been tear gas and rubber bullets and far more than the single digits in injuries there were on the day.
I'm quite a fan of British police tactics on the mainland. They allow protestors to let it all hang out and its quite impressive that this is what democracy looks like.
If anyone remembers Seattle and Genoa the police tactics WERE disgusting. And in Haiti with the protests at the elections two people are dead due to the stranglehold the state is effectign on civil liberties there.Last edited by DET. IRONSIDE; 12-10-2010, 01:52 PM.
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