Protest!Sit-ins. Walk-outs. Smashing up the headquarters of a major political party. Chaining yourself to the railings outside your local sweet shop because they changed Marathons to Snickers. How have you stuck it to The Man?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 12:24)
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This foreign bloke was popping by......and it was rumoured he was involved in some sort of child abuse scandal, and a bunch of other unsavoury stuff too (anti-homosexual speeches, sexual discrimination, that kind of thing). There was something about him getting money from the government too. Really not on.
So a few people decided to do invite some others, make a bit of noise, get a bit of attention. I went along, and there were a few more people around than I had expected, but it was nice day out, and we all had a lovely walk.
No-one actually broke anything or set fire to anything, so it only got a little spot on the news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11355258
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Amish Information Systems hates misplaced, commas, Thu 11 Nov 2010, 14:17,
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Well yesThat's a good point. A calm and rational protest about something fundamental to shaping human rights, education and freedom gets very little coverage. A slightly violent protest against student fees gets large scale coverage, makes front page news, and people talk about it having the power to "break" the coalition. Why couldn't it be a more peaceful protest they say.
Because that's exactly what "they" want. A quiet demo, and then everything can go back to the way it was before.
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