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Old 09-25-2009, 09:18 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Oh, please.

I'm sorry the leaders of 20 countries in the world gather in one spot and there might be some security.

May I ask some questions here? Where was the first video shot? Did the people have a permit to protest peacefully? Or did they just think they could go wherever they please in the name of the 1st Amendment? (This applies to the second video as well but since it's so short and out of context it's barely worth considering. What happened in the five minutes beforehand, I ask?). I'm surmising these people didn't have a permit and thus weren't there legally. The fair warning the cops give at the start says as much.

I'm getting sick of these people who gather and vandalize in the name of economic anarchy whenever more than three bankers meet in Whatever City to discuss what they had for lunch. They aren't actually trying to change anything; they're just young and rowdy and want to make noise. It's little more than an excuse for a party. They're like Deadheads for the World Bank: wherever the meeting is, that's where they'll show up and ask for a dose. Fuck whatever actually being discussed. Protest anything in the name of making the evening news.

Want to be taken seriously? Take off the fucking bandanna; this ain't Tombstone.
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