G20 Protests Become Violent - Page 5

On June 27 2010 13:12 Luddite wrote:

I gotta admit, that would be pretty cool.
hey, why not have it on a submarine as well? Or a space station?

On June 27 2010 13:55 Murmaider wrote:
I went to protest the G8 in Heiligendamm Germany. Police dressed up as "Anarchists" were actually trying to get voilent action going, encouraging others to throw stones. When they were identified they ran like shit towards their fellow officers.

another example:



to be clear, i dont think this protesting is going to do anything. the people who are meeting made it pretty clear they do not care at all.

On June 27 2010 14:22 -fj. wrote:
The purpose of the undercovers is to provoke violence, give the other police an excuse to start spraying and hitting. That's usually what they do anyway, aside from ratting on / telling lies about the people they were with.

The motivation for the protests is not something that is easily explained in one forum post, especially to a normal person on a gaming forum. Although these are really inflammatory and have some bullshit in them, they capture the spirit and main ideas behind this protest in an entertaining fashion. I highly recommend watching it.


starts at 4 minutes 20 seconds

Activists have accused Canadian officials of using heavy-handed tactics in preparation for protests at the G8 and G20 summits. On Friday, it emerged that the government of the province of Ontario had secretly changed a law to allow police to arrest anyone near the G20 meeting who doesn't identify themselves.

The change to the law wasn't made public until 31-year-old Dave Vasey was arrested under the new powers. Vasey was kept for hours in a caged area police set up to hold arrested protesters. he told the Toronto Star Saturday that he plans to challenge the law as early as Monday.

Vasey's lawyer, Howard Morton, said the law violates Canada's constitution, which "guarantees people freedom of assembly [and] the freedom of communication."

On June 27 2010 14:36 ChoboOv wrote:
The people causing destruction and violence have no idea what they are doing. They are protesting absolutely nothing. Instead of putting all this energy into something actually constructive they are wasting it on these ridiculous protests that absolutely no one of importance cares about. Just imagine all the energy these rejects of society put into these protest funneled towards something constructive, something positive towards society instead of smashing windows and burning cop cars, that will show the world leaders you mean business, chaos and destruction. Obviously the world isn't prefect and sure somethings need to be changed but vandalizing and causing havoc does absolutely nothing to make these changes.

On June 27 2010 14:35 Motiva wrote:
Really, that's barely scratching the surface on why people would protest G20. lol. Shit is serious ^^

Zeitgiest is nice because of how it assimilates information from so many fields, but it fails to tell the full story imo.

On June 27 2010 14:39 Hikari wrote:
I am rather saddened by the troublemakers. Toronto has been overall a rather peaceful town when it comes to protests. The ones who burned police cars and windows are clearly not there to protest - but to cause trouble... how does breaking the window of starbucks help you get your point across? Why does the police officers allow their cars to be burned down?

On June 27 2010 14:36 ChoboOv wrote:
Obviously the world isn't prefect and sure somethings need to be changed but vandalizing and causing havoc does absolutely nothing to make these changes.

On June 27 2010 14:39 Hikari wrote:
I am rather saddened by the troublemakers. Toronto has been overall a rather peaceful town when it comes to protests. The ones who burned police cars and windows are clearly not there to protest - but to cause trouble... how does breaking the window of starbucks help you get your point across? Why does the police officers allow their cars to be burned down?

I was passing outside a hotel where the VIPs are supposed to stay a week ago and all the fences and police blockades implied serious business.

1billion is a bit too much for security costs imo. Maybe because Toronto has been such a peaceful town that the police department are not experienced enough handling such a major event.


Many years back I read how the Korean farmers went to Hong Kong to protest - when they are done they would clean the streets for the city. Such good manners! Why can't the G20 protest be more like this? Is it possible for the protest organizers to "organize" themselves and use their own manpower to prevent such a riot from happening?

On June 27 2010 14:32 cursor wrote:
I used to be quite "activist" myself. I went to a lot of protests and listened to NPR all the time, read a lot of Chomsky and Jensen.

Just made me realize how hopeless it is. I'm glad I did it. But, people aren't listening. Either- the people who are in power OR the other people who should be protesting.

I forget how in the dark people can be when they say things like "what are these people protesting", these are "peaceful meetings."

Just, basically to sum up, as simply as I can, why I myself protested:

The G8 enslave the rest of the world. Also, 98% of the populations of the G8 live very poorly compared to how they should be. These people meeting are the rich people who suck off the top of everyone. They are why there is this huge "recession", why there are sweat shops and outsourced jobs, the IMF and the world bank buy all the natural resources in 3rd world countries and make TONS of money off them. Not to mention military actions usually provided by the US or the UN. Our societies are perpetuated by Slavery. In the old chattel sense of the word. You don't see it, but its why we "have" just enough not to complain, and the top 1% live ridiculous lives of opulence.

On June 27 2010 15:11 semantics wrote:
If you had the valid truth you wouldn't need to firebomb shit.

On June 27 2010 15:15 Motiva wrote:


Back this statement up.

On June 27 2010 15:23 semantics wrote:

haha hilarious. Simply put a show of force is the opposite of intellectual discussion and persuasion. It is only necessary to use force when against someone beyond reason. So either the people do not believe in governments and they are all anarchist or they just rather spend their time demanding things without valid proof and firebomb those who do not agree.