it took several attempts to even get you to justify why the cafe is a problem but the bars and other food establishments aren't... you still haven't been able to come up with a good argument as to why - the not aimed at the local population one is flawed...
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it took several attempts to even get you to justify why the cafe is a problem but the bars and other food establishments aren't... you still haven't been able to come up with a good argument as to why - the not aimed at the local population one is flawed...
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
For goodness sake. It's not hard to work out why a mobile protest took exception to the wankiest looking establishment it passed, is it.
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
Something about spontaneous actions on a protest and something about a known emblem of gentrification something.
well I've got an idea of why... because they've got beards, look like 'hipsters' .. just like the idiots who'd go and attack a mosque after an Islamist attack - tis a mindless mob mentality, go and attack something very loosely associated with people you think are 'the enemy'... they look like the people we don't like etc...
at least no one seems to have a coherent explanation that isn't full of flaws - we've so far just had vague arguments that they serve the 'gentrifiers' and aren't aimed at the 'locals' which could apply to most of the bars and food places on the same road
stethoscope
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whatever the merits of the protest(I don't think it was a good idea to attack a cereal café, whatever that is) the people inside must have been quite frightened, a mob is a mob.
And we're full circle to this again
I was feeling a bit bored, I might leave it in a minute as it is just going round in circles...
at least when people put a brick through McDonald's window there is a bit more justification to it... exploitation of workers, globalization, unethical practicies...
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
its funny you know, how often I see some broken windows and am reminded of racially motivated pogroms.
Yeah, it was the £2 that brought me up short. Being on special makes sense though.
Of course, yer average teabag costs about 3p, so anyone selling a cup of tea for a pound is making a 30x markup -- even more extortionate!
Or maybe there are other expenses involved too?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
you haven't asked me to justify why the other bars and food establishments "aren't a problem". and an errant hyphen seems to have crept into your post.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
If they shaved their beards off it wouldn't make any difference to the embodiment of piss-taking that they represent. They're a laughing stock for their modern-day-mohican-stylee, granted, but it's more than that. You've got one of those beards and an ironic fixie, admit it.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
that's you going down the plug hole
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
people who come for an evening to have a curry down brick lane not necessarily gentrifiers. people who visit the cereal cafe almost with exception gentrifiers.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
what if you go there Ironically?
yup only a 10 years late Nathan Barely type could possibly question why attacking an independent small cafe full of customers is justified...
based on what? you don't think there are students in there? I'd bet there are more bankers & estate agents in the curry houses on a Friday night.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
more money than sense.
cesare
shady's dreams ♥
No, only a 10 years late Nathan Barely [sic] type could possibly question [etc] and keep asking the same questions, over and over again, making themselves look thick.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
more than what? are students gentrifiers now? tbh not all bankers gentrifiers, nor - strange to say - are all estate agents.
estate agents would seem to do more to enable gentrification that independent cafe owners...
no students aren't, as far as I'm aware, usually 'gentrifiers' though you'll likely find some in that sort of cafe... just as you'll likely find bankers in brick lane's curry houses
looks like this was hipsters vs hipsters in a battle of the pointless.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
unless its a housing co-op office all estate agents should be bricked and the staff whipped through the streets naked by an angry mob
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
MORE THAN WHAT?
independent cafe owners
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
what makes you think independent cafe owners would be in a curry house on a friday night?
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Tbh after working for a Housing Co-op years ago I wanted an angry mob after them
I'm not sure they would be - surely they'd have customers to serve.... and doors to lock when a bunch of twats turn up to 'protest'
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
so why'd you suggest some of them would be in curry houses then?
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