tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post6715855628099101745..comments2024-03-25T07:15:16.752+00:00Comments on white rabbit: By what authority?white rabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-62100329297818399032008-04-08T13:28:00.000+01:002008-04-08T13:28:00.000+01:00simply - sure, this is neither unique nor new. It'...simply - sure, this is neither unique nor new. It's part of a general trend whereby the powers that be hate dissent.<BR/><BR/>lotus - yes, we gather that similar things happen in the states - the unfortunate Andrew Meyer who got tasered for losing his temper and shouting the odds got big coverage here.<BR/><BR/>Earl - San Francisco should be very lively although the radio says the IOC is thinking of abandoning torch exercise, although the Chinese would hate that...white rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-7790745275302669042008-04-08T01:21:00.000+01:002008-04-08T01:21:00.000+01:00Protesters are already climbing the Golden Gate br...Protesters are already climbing the Golden Gate bridge in San Fran, I heard today on the radio.<BR/><BR/>I immediately pictured King Kong scaling the Empire State Building for some reason.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-86980002812838471102008-04-07T23:48:00.000+01:002008-04-07T23:48:00.000+01:00This is just going to get more ugly as we get clos...This is just going to get more ugly as we get closer to the Olympics. I am going to tune into the opening ceremony ONLY to either see the worlds most empty Olympic Stadium or the biggest riot of all time. Bound to be interesting. I think the Chinese have bitten off more than they can chew.<BR/><BR/>(I can't speak for the UK, but here in the States, the police have the authority to 'address' any form of expression that could threaten the peace or disrupt order, ... which means loose the t-shirt buddy, or go to jail.)Bruce Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898228670873232050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046172520958527381.post-7813469357338549682008-04-07T23:33:00.000+01:002008-04-07T23:33:00.000+01:001980s - police request pickets to remove badges be...1980s - police request pickets to remove badges bearing slogans supporting miners.<BR/>police raid coach firm taking protesters to cruise missile base in cambridgeshire (comically, the wrong coach firm, as it was one with a similar name that was transporting undesirables to wreck western civilisation by walking down a public right of way at 2am...).<BR/>police arrest any car with 4 men going up the A1 as they were clearly flying pickets (well, vicars actually in one celebrated case).<BR/>i'm sure the politicisation of the police didn't begin there and i'm damned if it will end there.<BR/>god help us - all we have is the judiciary between us and stalinism... and they probably think the young whippersnapper is still in charge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com