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Rioting.

The unbeatable high.

27-30 April

The European Economical Forum takes place in this rebuilt and repatched eastern capital this year. Around 10 000 anti-globalist protesters are expected.

The city looks like Baghdad.
Entire streets boarded-up, police checkpoints, police barricades, hovering helicopters and 15 000 extra cops. Yesterday, while enjoying a delicious cold beer, the company of a couple of friends and the outbreak of spring, an army helicopter landed in the middle of the park in which we were having our little libation.

Today it's even worse. The aforementioned choppers patrol around the city center, giving a little "Sarajevo" touch to unlucky tourists, who found out half the city has been completely isolated. Police in riot gear roam around the streets, along with their black-clad "show-me-your-ID-or-go-to-jail" comrades. Not to mention the whole public transports web is overwhelmed. My damn ears hurt from the sound of sirens.


The whole Anti-globalist mob is pretty diversified. From commie radicals to nationalist far-right goons.

I'm not taking part of this protest. While I agree that the way the world is ruled should change, you won't change shee-it to better protesting against the EU in Poland. A skeptical approach to the EU legislation passed will do more than torching cars on the street.

Ok. I'm done, your turn to discuss and comment ;)
 
Prolly will when I set a new world record on impaling bunnies.
 
Damn, sorry it's in your city this year.

To be honest I think they should make the announcement of where they are going to have the meeting late and pick some place that no one ever goes to.

I was pretty pissed off when the anti-globalists tore the crap out of Geneva and the meeting wasn't even there! They held it over in Evian that year.

This thing seems to be more of an excuse for anarchy than a real protest. I doubt half of them even know what these organizations do.
 
"Rumble" "Disorder" or "Mess", please, not "Anarchy" ;) :P

Hm I thought it could be a good pretext for discussing globalization , alterglobalization and anti-globalization...
 
Wooz69 said:
Hm I thought it could be a good pretext for discussing globalization , alterglobalization and anti-globalization...
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Nah, too highbrow for here.
You might get an Economist article or a massive all-encompassing post from Welsh, but that'll be about it.
 
Paladin Solo said:
Wow...I thought you were going to go and have some fun Wooz. You're restraining yourself though huh?
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I think he'd rather not get hit by a flying canister of teargas or beat by some random riot control policeman.
 
Warped314 said:
I think he'd rather not get hit by a flying canister of teargas or beat by some random riot control policeman.
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I thought that was one of his main "Things", along with turnips (French for preference) and skewering bunnies.
 
I'm not going because of ideological reasons. I'm not exactly the "rebel without a clue" opposed to the EU.

Wouldn't mind a little anti-war ruckus, though :twisted:
 
Wrong, my belorussian friend.

There are museums, expos, concerts, theaters...

cars...

:twisted: ;)
 
Warsaw was raw. In case you don't get it get it, read it backwards.

Okay, so it doesn't have anything to do with the topic on hand, except on a superficial level, it's all I can think of. Just be glad I didn't go with the French farmers quote.
 
Great, WTO protests in Washington DC, at least nothing happened this time around. Stupid protesters. Though, we just had a large pro-choice demonstration, followed by a pro-life demonstration. I was hoping for a riot myself, would be intersting to be say the least, but all that happened was they blocked traffic.

In Mexico City though, seemed to be a riot every weekend. It was amazing how often it involved the U.S. embassy (more windows broken by rocks than I could count). Of course, nothing like a few dozen Marines with shotguns to stop things from getting out of hand.
 
Wooz69 said:
Wrong, my belorussian friend.

There are museums, expos, concerts, theaters...

cars...

:twisted: ;)
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expos - OK
The rest doesn't interest me.

And there is another thingy... You can buy Alpha Centauri..! Or some good computer stuff.
 
There are also women without hairy breasts and legs like bridge pillars :twisted:
 
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