The G20 Summit Protests

[runningman]

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Bob people like you and me and some others on here know that the absolute power corrupts absolute. When you give these police (aka troops) a license to kill and assault the outcome should be apparent. But unfortunetly some people on here are gov't perma fans.

[bobjuice]

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I think governments in control of (now militarised) police forces whilst also controlling large sections of media is very dangerous indeed.
Like you say, if this was in China or North Korea the western media (and those who can't see past it) would be lapping it up in their usual gloating way.
The right to peaceful protest is well and truly dead in this country and the laws have been changed accordingly. Where those laws still don't work, we can see that police have now been granted the power of invention where it suits them.
Many people who would wish to protest peacefully or simply air their views are now too intimidated to do so.
If that doesn't scare you, it should.

[Cj Tari]

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The right to peaceful protest is well and truly dead in this country and the laws have been changed accordingly. Where those laws still don't work, we can see that police have now been granted the power of invention where it suits them.
Many people who would wish to protest peacefully or simply air their views are now too intimidated to do so.
If that doesn't scare you, it should.

what?? are you serious, not that long ago we were talking about the tea party protest, or wait a sec, those weren't peaceful protests? i mean they gathered a lot of people in there and most of them were very peaceful......

everybody knows that all of these G20 summit protest are always very violent, with some of this kids just doing really stupid things, its like watching the "dont tase me bro" video, even after cops have told you to walk away you come back with the "this is a free country, i can stand wherever i want" shit.

[bobjuice]

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what?? are you serious, not that long ago we were talking about the tea party protest, or wait a sec, those weren't peaceful protests? i mean they gathered a lot of people in there and most of them were very peaceful......

everybody knows that all of these G20 summit protest are always very violent, with some of this kids just doing really stupid things, its like watching the "dont tase me bro" video, even after cops have told you to walk away you come back with the "this is a free country, i can stand wherever i want" shit.

I can't speak for the tea party or the "tase me bro" thing, i said this country, meaning England

To my mind being able to stand wherever you want should be an accepted right in a free country (providing you are breaking no law) so to say "this is a free country, i can stand wherever i want"is far from shit.

[Dzone]

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what?? are you serious, not that long ago we were talking about the tea party protest, or wait a sec, those weren't peaceful protests? i mean they gathered a lot of people in there and most of them were very peaceful......

everybody knows that all of these G20 summit protest are always very violent, with some of this kids just doing really stupid things, its like watching the "dont tase me bro" video, even after cops have told you to walk away you come back with the "this is a free country, i can stand wherever i want" shit.

IMO, The G20 represent the worst leaders on the plant.
FYI, Petersburg police refused more than 18 request for peaceful protest and only approved 1 ?!

[Dzone]

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I think governments in control of (now militarised) police forces whilst also controlling large sections of media is very dangerous indeed.
Like you say, if this was in China or North Korea the western media (and those who can't see past it) would be lapping it up in their usual gloating way.
The right to peaceful protest is well and truly dead in this country and the laws have been changed accordingly. Where those laws still don't work, we can see that police have now been granted the power of invention where it suits them.
Many people who would wish to protest peacefully or simply air their views are now too intimidated to do so.
If that doesn't scare you, it should.

Bob, did is ever cross your mined with all the gov control and surveillance tools ( CCTV, Internet monitoring, TV....etc) what will happened if another Hitler pop-up in UK ?

All you need to have is one mad leader and he can turn it all inside out.

[bobjuice]

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Bob, did is ever cross your mined with all the gov control and surveillance tools ( CCTV, Internet monitoring, TV....etc) what will happened if another Hitler pop-up in UK ?

All you need to have is one mad leader and he can turn it all inside out.

Yeah deffo. All the tools are there for them already. People here read and believe the sun newspaper ffs, they believe the bbc news. There are 20% of the world's cctv cameras on this tiny island where only 1% of the world's population live .

Far-right politics is in the ascendency and the "institutionally racist" met. have been totally unaccountable for their actions for a good number of years - all a very dangerous mixture potentially.
Another Hitler popping up in the UK seems a bit far fetched, in this day and age surely someone couldn't come to power intent on starting needless wars, invading countries on a whim (against the wishes of the electorate) and doing everything possible to squash the dissenting voices that oppose him?
Could they?

[runningman]

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the Hitler thing could be happening right now. I mean except the holocaust as of yet. Remember the Germans loved Hitler.

[Cj Tari]

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and every other country loves his president, so dont really think that your whole "hittler was loved" analogy is gonna catch up any day now, even if you keep refering to it almost every day.