violent protests in Toronto
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Canadian protesters are lame!
but look at these cops
G20 Toronto Protest plainclothes cops arresting a dude / scary cop lady (nolinks://nolinks.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XgEI5dCrE#)
I thought weed was legal in Canada. By the look of that woman's face though, maybe I'm wrong. She looks a bit upset.
On a serious note though, global finance (bankers) are a tyranny. But I sincerely believe it is nearing its end. the violent protests are completely counterproductive. Their energy would be better used either educating people about the tyranny, or starting their own society. But the overall awareness of people on this planet is very poor, and a segregated society would quickly become corrupted too. The solution? Ride the wave - we're f**ked. Well, that's partially true. For major change to happen, some major stuff needs to happen to wake people up.
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Quote from: Steve on June 28, 2010, 01:06:19 AM
I thought weed was legal in Canada. By the look of that woman's face though, maybe I'm wrong. She looks a bit upset.
On a serious note though, global finance (bankers) are a tyranny. But I sincerely believe it is nearing its end. the violent protests are completely counterproductive. Their energy would be better used either educating people about the tyranny, or starting their own society. But the overall awareness of people on this planet is very poor, and a segregated society would quickly become corrupted too. The solution? Ride the wave - we're f****d. Well, that's partially true. For major change to happen, some major stuff needs to happen to wake people up.
it is not a worst kind of tyranny I think. look at some countries. And some countries some time ago overthrew their tyrannies just to replace them by another kind of tyrannies and those new tyrannies made previous ones look like a kindergarden.
Quoteit is not a worst kind of tyranny I think
I agree. At least we aren't shot in the street. Instead, our means of trade (survival) is threatened. If you wanted to live out bush, and trade with others that lived that way, you would need to pay tax if the value of the trade exceeded $4000 (at least for australian law). I dont believe anyone owes allegiance to anyone or any system. We should all have our own free will. Well, we do, but the people in power make it a tough choice for us - either fit in and be subtle slaves, or go to jail.
Trade is not free - not at this stage. Trade is taxed. Everything is taxed. Control a man's money, and if he submits to that system, you control him. My personal focus is working on things that reduce the need for dependence on any system. I believe the single most critical element is energy - ie transportation, electricity. That's a major part of my focus. It's not the full answer, but it's a big part.
For example, just imagine if we all had homes powered by solar electricity. And imagine we all had vehicles that are charged by your home's power supply. Now imagine if all that land out there was actually used to grow food, instead of pretty gardens or trees that dont really do anything (except of course typical environmental benefits). It would both help the environment, and be productive space we all benefit from - in addition to the typical benefit of tress. There is so much that can be done, but I just believe overall people in this world have to go through some major events for the required change to happen.
The universe has existed for a long time, and it's in no hurry.
G8, G20, Stanley Cup playoffs, all excuses for the kids who never got spanked to go out and break windows. Nothing more.
I wonder what the police does. When these thugs smashed the windows there was nobody to stop them (not enough police force anyway), then after a while the police force gathered itself and started real attacking peaceful protesters. Beats me. What kind of a theatre of absurd is that? They are watching for drivers making mistake when the city changes rules of the bus line driving, giving tickets for a small mistake instead of looking for real traffic law abusers, now instead of handling real hooligans and assholes they attack peaceful crowds. Am i seeing what i am seeing? Or this is a kind of nightmare? I am going to pinch myself now. Maybe i will wake up and it never happened :angry2:
This Toronto police was behaving not better than the police force in a city of Minsk (where i was born) when they
attacked anti-government opposition rallies. But there is a soft dictatorship over there, now what is happening here for God's sake? Strong democracy?
What are you talking about. The police love this stuff! They can do what they want and the governemnt turns a blind eye.
No different than the the time Emrah Bullatci killed a cop in hay river. For those of you who don't know there is only one road out of hay river, and it is a 10 hr drive to the nearest large city. RCMP waited at least 24 hrs before setting up a road block. Why so long? As soon as the found out a cop was killed, the call should have been made to high level RCMP immediately, instead they gave him a head start. Later that week every cop in canada was in their swat gear searhcing for an armed and dangerous cop killer. A MANHUNT! Kicking down doors and breaking flowers pots looking for this guy, while everyone else's safety is at risk. Totally unnecessary and a waste of taxpayer dollars. But if you are a cop, it was the most exciting week of your career! If you give people power, they will play the game. The police are just playing the game.