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Damage public buildings = public pays. It's a stupid thing to do.
The second any protest turns violent, or resorts to looting, the cause is lost.
Are We Witnessing the Start of a Global Revolution? Political Awareness.
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The second any protest turns violent, or resorts to looting, the cause is lost.
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It depends if you're being constructive or not.
A perfect example of unconstructive protest would be the student fees riots here in the United Kingdom; a bunch of selfish middle class mindless idealist idiots unwilling to make a fair contribution towards the cost of an education that most of the world's population could only dream of, opposing a new fees system that is more progressive than the one it replaces and offering no alternative at all.
Please don't equate the student fees riots with events of the like unfolding in Tunisia and Egypt.
If you are talking about student protests - maybe.
If you are talking about Egypt - you are completely wrong. I think people in the middle east have had enough of being oppressed by long standing dictators with interest solely in lining their own pockets.
This is a really good video.
So your country's credit rating is more important than hope, democracy, basic human rights etc?
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That doesn't mean the cause is wrong, though, does it? You're also making the mistake of treating a protest as a single entity that's unified in purpose and outlook.
Things have been happening for a long time, the only thing that doesn't change is that things don't stop changing.
We're largely only aware of what is reported or what 'they' want us to see, cbs, fox news etc.
The users of violence will only play into the very hands that want that kind of reaction.
We're largely only aware of what is reported or what 'they' want us to see, cbs, fox news etc.
The users of violence will only play into the very hands that want that kind of reaction.
"We will not be silenced, whether you're a Christian, whether you're a Muslim, whether you're an atheist, you will demand your god damn rights, and we will have our rights, one way or the other! We will never be silenced!"
Powerful words right there, actually sent a chill down my spine. Good luck to them all
Powerful words right there, actually sent a chill down my spine. Good luck to them all
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The looting part, fair enough. That has nothing to do with protest however the violence is a grey area. Violent protests in the UK are not needed. However in a place like Egypt or Tunisia you have a different situation. A lot of freedoms and rights repressed, a population under a lot of stress. I don't believeve peaceful protests would have had much of an effect on the those two countries unlike a violent uprising which means the regime has to take notice.
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"From time to time the tree of liberty must be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants." -- Thomas Jefferson
Fantastic video.
No comment on the inaccuracy of your facts/figures?
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What if there's no alternative? What if the people of North Korea decided they'd had enough? They could hardly ask nicely to be treated fairly, could they?
Note: I'm not advocating deliberate harm to innocent people and causing unnecessary damage.
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lol WUT ?
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Why the poxy music really spoils the message.
Sometimes governments need to be overthrown with force. However I'm 100% with you in regards to looting / destruction of private property / harming of innocent people.
Yeah not ideal - it's really the guy at 45seconds you need to hear.