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Quote by: Nono Not sure I'd even grace them with the description "anarchist" (though they'd probably call themselves that). A lot are just thugs. We had them where I live for the G8 two years ago and it was highly embarrassing: windows smashed, molotov cocktails thrown, etc.
Naturally, they reflect badly on the real "G8 protesters". (Which makes ya wonder, eh? Remember how Nixon's people used to plant gibbering hecklers at Spiro's appearances in the '72 campaign to make the Republicans look good?)
Anyway, I took part in the real protests two years ago, not because I'm opposed to the leaders of these eight countries getting together to discuss things but just to remind them that a lot of people don't share their race-to-the-sweatshop ideology.  |
What was embarrasing, if I remember rightly (though this might have been Italy, not Swizerland) was when the police killed a protesters who was dangling by a rope tied to a bridge over a busy motorway. He was a long way up above this road. Instead of pulling the guy up, the police cut the rope on him, and he crashed to a messy death.
The best that can be said about the protests here is that it is unlikely the police will be firing tear gas and bringing out the water cannons like on the continent.