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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:03 PM Original message |
Serious protests at WTO Geneva meeting - pics - somebody is pissed off |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe some of these people read truedelphi's post |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Now I am |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. what's the circled "E" stand for? |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "Equality" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. circled A = Anarchy |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. AE |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I cannot blame it on short term memory loss then? |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Memory |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, 99% of us are pissed off. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They're just lookinig for leadership;) |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm thinking a significant part of that crowd has the mentality of highschool gossip culture |
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Sianara (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. Protest footage |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
39. welcome to du |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Great first post!! |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-28-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. Might it come to pass that the Euros have to save the U.S.? |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. if not for altruistic reasons... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. That's a BIG Gulp |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. K&R |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. I will have sympathy for them when they quit vandalizing cars and smashing windows. |
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Ysabel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. so how does that compare to wage slavery / exploitation / etc. N-fucking-T... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Is that an excuse to act like an asshole? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. What would be a non-'juvenile' way to stop the class WAR against us? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I'd say lighting random cars on fire probably isn't the most productive way to get the point across. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. It's only a "class war" when we fight back.n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Who is "we"? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 06:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. And your "possessions" are apparently paramount to you. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. yes, yes. you're just sooo all saintly and anyone who doesn';t agree |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm almost as far from saintly as you are, though I am afflicted with a modicum of conscience that |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. you're making up an absurd narrative, that in fact, has no factual basis. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
56. Unfortunately the rules forbid me from directing anyone that is reading this to the exchanges, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. You're afflicted with a conscience, that's why you think it's hunky dory to light cars on fire. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. The property is insured and the inconvenience unfortunate, but this is the only method |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:45 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Yeah, I was at a couple of them. Were you? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Wow, you are trying really hard to justify vandalism. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. I guess I just don't see the essential "us v. them" dichotomy that is clear to you, here. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
41. And vandalizing innocent bystanders' property helps HOW? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
44. Post on internet forums? |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:07 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. LOL nt |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:52 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Posting a joke on an internet forum and getting a laugh 12 hrs later is so strange, but gratifying |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. "Colonists Vandalize Ships! Throw Tea into Harbor" |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 04:55 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You might feel differently if you were about to go home, and found your car on fire. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Depends on who he is. He might disagree depending on circumstance. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Really stupid analogy. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Right. And if he were a watermelon, he might find himself juicy, red and tasty. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
54. Relative outrage |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. If someone came over to your house and pooped on the porch, it wouldn't help the 1,000,000 dead. |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:27 AM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Vulgar, disgusting, and,most importantly, totally irrelevant. n/t |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Yes. My point exactly. nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. +1 |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #54 |
64. Maybe the guy that OWNS the "fucking" Audi? nt |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
69. The "wage slaves" seem to have enough leisure time and disposable income to travel to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. What makes you think your sympathy is even desired? n/t |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. a war supporter like you frets over vandalized cars and windows |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
37. I will have sympathy for our troops when they quit killing and bombing civilians too. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. I just wish people had a clearer idea of what they are protesting. Do they know what the WTO is? |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
40. I think violence is counterproductive. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. True - and it wasn't the violence that got WTO's attention in Seattle. It was the sheer numbers. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
49. "... - somebody is pissed off!" A most pithy verdict, Mike, and, seemingly, not |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. To paraphrase Robert Duval from |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. K&R |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #51 |
63. Warrior Nation. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. The Swiss were actually fierce warriors in the Middle-Ages. What must have set them |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. the protests will have to be bigger and more violent before things will change. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
66. Nope, just bigger. Let the police start the violence, as they did in Seattle. nt |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:28 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. if you think that they'll give up power without having violence perpetrated against them... |
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