Last Circle Line Party - MAY 31ST
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Deja vu... Facebook is trashbat.co.ck all over again..
Totally. Having said that though the Space Hijackers video was well worked but public transport seats aren't designed to be jumped on whilst listening to the Prodigy at 140+bpm.
Taxamo Welf
kebagels pls
i think it did minorly kick off you know kids....
a messy event all round.
a messy event all round.
ajdown
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The Police shut the tube gates in an effort to contain the overcrowding and stopping safety violations/people being pushed onto the tracks.
Despite polite requests to disperse, the people refused to undertake a reasonable request by police officers, so most of the exits were locked to contain the crowd and disperse by forced means.
I had left there by that point, trying to be vaguely sensible, but I was sadly much in the minority.
It was clear that no, it wasn't going to work - and it was very much like any other wanky Facebook party that gets gatecrashed by loads of unknown people and ruin what could have been a simple, laid back event for a group of friends.
It seems that a number of other groups organised their own mini-parties at different places around the network, sensibly, and most of those went without trouble.
winjer
holocene death beat
This is complete bullshit, the exits were closed to prevent people joining the crowd, not to contain it, which would have been a physical impossibility given the tiny number of police present.
Which were also organised on Facebook, rather undermining your already flimsy argument.
winjer
holocene death beat
There were at least 30 events on Facebook, the 3 biggest of which had over 30,000 confirmed guests. Each.
Who needs Facebook when you've got people dumb enough to be photographed doing this:
There were at least 30 events on Facebook, the 3 biggest of which had over 30,000 confirmed guests. Each.
Who needs Facebook when you've got people dumb enough to be photographed doing this:
It's almost enough to make one support Boris.
Opposing the law was all about people having a quiet can of beer on the way home from work after a stressful week, not encouraging people to behave like total tits
The Black Hand
Unclean
Did you go Tax?
Looks like a good event to me. The people who think they are political are not organising political responses to oppression so why is it so strange that things like this happen?
It is amusing to me that so much scepticism can be aimed at popular protest.
It's not protest though really is it?
Personally I'm pissed off at the ban, but there are more important things to protest about, like the price of tube fares for one thing, and the ridiculous oyster card system
Personally I'm pissed off at the ban, but there are more important things to protest about, like the price of tube fares for one thing, and the ridiculous oyster card system
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
What's ridiculous about it?
That's one of the only good things that's happened to public transport recently
That's one of the only good things that's happened to public transport recently
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
The fact that it can't be used at lots of overhead rail stations is the only thing I can think of
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Overhead railway stations? 
Did you go Tax?
Looks like a good event to me. The people who think they are political are not organising political responses to oppression so why is it so strange that things like this happen?
It is amusing to me that so much scepticism can be aimed at popular protest.
it wasn't political.
it was an excuse for loads of media kids and students to get pissed on the circle line and have a laugh.
i've read quite a few comments stating it 'wasn't a protest'
it's not some radical movement opposing oppression, it's a load of nice kids getting pissed.
sadly my opinion too. I think from what I've seen/heard there were enough smaller parties going on round the circle line that night which would have been enjoyable and alot more civilised, but from the various youtube videos and pics I've seen the larger - mainly facebook organised - congregations were packed carraiges filled with media types drinking and talking very loudly/singing badly thinking they're a bit anti-establishment for the evening.
At least the space hijackers one had music and placed 'musical chairs' at every stop.
Unfortunately another case of Facebook over-popularising something that could have been kept alot more hush hush and alot more of an event to remember.
Reminds me of this 'flashmob' event I saw on facebook that is an ill-thought out idea on so many levels: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9857059828
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Who are these 'media types' people keep going on about? Isn't this just lazy stereotyping? How can you tell from a photograph that people are medie type?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
editor
hiraethified
That's my idea of hell.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
yes and no.
a link posted on this thread said it was organised by a webdesigner. you and i even discussed that on the first page.
winjer
holocene death beat
Large numbers of people gathering together in opposition to sthng? Certainly seems like a protest.
No-one's stopping you.
ajdown
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They weren't protesting though. Where were the banners or anything else protesting?
It was just a bunch of wankers jumping on a bandwagon for a cause that most of them didn't realise was allowed until they heard it was being banned.
winjer
holocene death beat
They could do that anyway, so their choice to do it on 31st May was a political choice, perhaps not a well-thought out one, but nonetheless it was undoubtedly the largest instance of civil disobedience in the UK for some time.
how was it civil disobedience? they weren't breaking any laws were they.
civil disobedience would have been June 1st surely.
that would make much more of a statement.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
it wasn't civil disobedience though.
winjer
holocene death beat
It was a protest action, why would it need banners? Did you have trouble understanding why people had gathered?
Any evidence for that most? Or are you still making shit up?
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