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Originally posted by SeventhSeal
Originally posted by Ancient Champion
Funny how anyone that doesn't follow the protesters is a "puppet of the elite".
Well to be fair, I don't think I understand why anyone would support corporate takeover. Your government has been purchased by corporate America.
Don't you think that qualifies you to follow your fellow Americans to protest?
Originally posted by Ameilia
Originally posted by backinblack
reply to post by Ameilia
You still don't understand. You can't arrest "rich people" who provide their paychecks. Their paychecks are provided by tax revenues paid by all of us, rich or not. (Or at least all of us who work.)
didn't one of the "rich" wall street mobs recently give a few $million to the NYPD??
Sounds like a payoff IMO.
Donations do not provide paychecks. Understand how it works before you reply.
Donations are generally used to upgrade equipment, such as providing new cars or better radios or more up to speed computer technology. Or whatever.
I find it terribly sad there is so much hate and prejudice towards police officers. There are bad police officers out there, but there are bad people everywhere. The majority of police act appropriately. (As evidenced in the video. Only one of several cops pointed his bike and drove towards protestors.)
Originally posted by areyouserious2010
reply to post by morder1
Really? The police "attacked" the protesters with motor bikes? You are rediculous. Not only is your title absolutely the furthest thing from the truth but you are completely blind to what is clearly shown in the video.
with the people remaining peaceful at the end
Peaceful? Like standing in the middle of the street? Like throwing objects at the police on motor bikes? Like walking right up to the officers and yelling in their faces? Like knocking over the motorbikes as they sit in the street?
Yea. Sure.
The protesters are fighting the wrong people. If you want to protest fine. I can respect that.
The police are not arresting people and responding to the protests because they are trying to silence the message. They respond and arrest people because they are acting unreasonable.
So you been to school
For a year or two
And you know you've seen it all
In daddy's car
Thinkin' you'll go far
Back east your type don't crawl
Play ethnicky jazz
To parade your snazz
On your five grand stereo
Braggin' that you know
How the 'n-word's feel cold
And the slums got so much soul
It's time to taste what you most fear
Right Guard will not help you here
Brace yourself, my dear…
Brace yourself, my dear…
It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's tough, kid, but it's life
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Don't forget to pack your whites
You're a star-belly sneech
You suck like a leach
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss ass while you bitch
So you can get rich
But your boss gets richer off you
Well you'll work harder
With a GUN in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers
Till you starve
Then your head is skewered on a stake
Now you can go where people are one
Now you can go where they get things done
What you need, my son…
What you need, my son…
Is a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot,
Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot...
And it's a holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll do what you're told
A holiday in Cambodia
Where the slums got so much soul
Pol Pot!
i seem to know more about legal issues then you, as we worked out in the steve jobs thread.
Originally posted by morder1
Wow I just finished watching this, apparently just happened within the past hour or 2... decent sized clash with police, with the people remaining peaceful at the end, with a couple people arrested it looked like...
I also noticed when the bikes got stopped, a few people in the front had black scarves or something on, ill have to rewatch this part again to see what was really happening there... maybe Black Bloc? that came to mind when I saw it...
Originally posted by MikeNice81
reply to post by UniverSoul
i seem to know more about legal issues then you, as we worked out in the steve jobs thread.
Tell that to the WWII vets that helped free thousands of jews, gays, gypsys, and others from concentration camps. Tell that to the "Freedom Riders" that died so blacks could vote without being lynched. Tell that to men like Tom Dowd and Les Paul that revolutionized recording technology and brought art to the world.
You are where you are because great people worked, sweated, bled, and died.
Originally posted by nightbringr
What a pointless little video.
The police do nothing wrong at any point. They are simply trying to herd an obviously unruly crowd. When people start throwing stuff at them and getting in their faces, they respond appropriately, and never once do I see them strike, pepperspray or otherwise abuse anyone.
Does anyone actually think this is police brutality? What do you possibly this can be accomplished by getting in their faces like that? Do you not think forming a lobby group to petition the government might be more effective?