G20
Out of context: Reply #12
- Started
- Last post
- 80 Responses
- 23kon0
hehe good guess chossy
i do think theres going to be a riot - see RBS thread.
thats why I think the government has issued this "terror training" announcement.the government has been criticised this week for treating protestors as criminals/terrorists which is wrong - a criminal record for fighting for something you believe in.
these days the police have full control, if it gets what they consider "out of hand" then the tear gas will fly.
being a bystander at the G8 protests in Edinburgh was a joke, the police were herding the crown like animals.there was an amazing story about the first UK Union on the One show the other week, mid 1800s some guys swore an oath to try to fight for better pay. their boss wrote to the government who had them put on trial for "swearing an oath" something made illegal in an old Navy Law they dug up. the guys got sent to Oz prison.
The country protested - thousands of people outside parliament - and at that time this was a BIG thing, it was the first time parliament had been challenged. the protestors turned up with a petition to hand in meanwhile all the MPs were cowering inside and all the cannons were pointing at the protestors.
This changed nothing until lawyers from around the country started writing to the government sayign that if these guys were in jail because they had swore an oath then surely Masons, Lawyers, MPs, Doctors etc should all be sent to jail too.
The government changed their tune due to public demand and the guys returned to the UK as heroes.Also there was the suffragettes, who REALLY protested and believed in something so strongly they were willing to give their lifes for women to get the vote.
That kind of thing just wouldnt happen these days.
PEOPLE POWER will NEVER overturn the law or government in this day and age. If you disagree with the government you are branded a criminal and dismissed.
They rule the place fullstop. Its all about what they want, what they think is right and of course backhanders to industry (new airports etc).I do think that the G20 might provoke a riot because I think that a lot of people in the UK have had enough. their voice is not heard or cared about by the government. so I think people that feel strongly should shout that little bit louder!
Im not condoning violence, but im all for people power.