NUS national protest against the cuts 10.11.10 [London]

[audiotech]

I'm not knocking the protests today - but what has the violence achieved?

Mostly property damage.

 

[fractionMan]

This is a revolution, is it? Thing is, much as I deplore violence, I can understand it in truly repressed countries where the people are subject to brutal regimes. As I said earlier, this ain't no Tianamen Square.

Yeah, it's shit what the ConDems and their New Labour predecessors and their predecessors etc have done to the people but it's not fertile ground for a revolution.

This post contains epic amounts of stupid.

 

[The Rural Juror]

Tell me about it

quite the debater, aren't you?

 

[fractionMan]

Yeah, played right into their hands, didn't they? Once again the reasons for the protest will be ignored in favour of salacious coverage of the violence.

Well done, dickheads.

You're new to this business aren't you?

 

[audiotech]

BBC spokesman:

'A more aggressive brand of protester....'

 

[krtek a houby]

quite the debater, aren't you?

You simply echoed the post I made; what do you want me to do? Disagree?

 

[A380]

The cunt from the NUS is on Sky, blaming it on Anarchists, called the actions at Millbank despicable and a disgrace.

Fuck off you piece of shit wannabe bureaucrat.

These are some pretty bold statements from someone who is sitting in the warm typing, rather than protesting...

 

[moon23]

Because leadership like this crave ineffectual protest as an outlet and diversion for real anger, safe in the knowledge that such protests will achieve nothing and allow them to scale the career ladder in politics that every national NUS bureaucrat dreams of building on the backs of their members.

This is real treachery and his reaction to the minor civil disobedience shown today tells us everything we need to know about him and the entire NUS leadership. He, like all union leaders are active obstacles to a real fight. Steam valves whose entire purpose is to control and dampen real struggles. As soon as the slightest attempt to launch anything but impotent symbolic protest is made his true colours come out and he condemns it. He's a traitor and every NUS member should treat him with the contempt he deserves and spit in his cowardly face.

He's trying to maintain the reputation of the protest from a minority of trouble makers though.

Most people don't think it's reasonable to go around smashing windows and setting fire to things because you don't like the decision of a democratically elected government. He fully knows when all the media will report is this trouble that he needs to distance himself and the NUS from it to maintain any credibility.

 

[The Rural Juror]

You simply echoed the post I made; what do you want me to do? Disagree?

i really didn't, you know.

 

[dennisr]

Will you advise us when we have been sufficiently repreesed?

 

[krtek a houby]

You're new to this business aren't you?

No. But I do notice similar sarcastic replies whenever one goes against the more pro-violence posters on urban.

I've been on plenty of protests; been kettled, knocked to the ground etc. But I don't get a hard on for a punch up like some of ye.

 

[Crispy]

democratically elected government

Stretching things a bit there

 

[AKA pseudonym]

lol... it has even been reported on newsround sympathetically!!! hopefully the nursery kids are next on the streets...

 

[The Rural Juror]

a democratically elected government. .

Oh rlly?

 

[Fruitloop]

I'm not sure you have your finger on the pulse of what most people think to be honest.

 

[krtek a houby]

i really didn't, you know.

I suggest you read the post again and then your reply.

 

[krtek a houby]

I'm not sure you have your finger on the pulse of what most people think to be honest.

Ditto

 

[Santino]

He's trying to maintain the reputation of the protest from a minority of trouble makers though.

Most people don't think it's reasonable to go around smashing windows and setting fire to things because you don't like the decision of a democratically elected government. He fully knows when all the media will report is this trouble that he needs to distance himself and the NUS from it to maintain any credibility.

lol

 

[krtek a houby]

These are some pretty bold statements from someone who is sitting in the warm typing, rather than protesting...

LOL! Welcome to urban

 

[audiotech]

one big headache & a few dead folk, poppy day & grime music.

The grime music sounded good.

 

[Fruitloop]

Ditto

Coming from you that means.....nothing at all.

 

[chilango]

Anyway...

Violence???

Has this protest actually been violent?

Y'know. Proper fighting etc.

Or just a bit of vandalism and chucking bits of paper and balsa wood around?

 

[strung out]

there hasn't even been that much violence anyway, has there? 9 minor injuries? that's not what i call widespread violence...

 

[audiotech]

BBC spokesman.

"Anarchists."

 

[The Rural Juror]

Or just a bit of vandalism and chucking bits of paper and bala wood around?

this. but let's not ruin jer..'s absurd narrative

 

[fractionMan]

Probably eat babies the barbaric bastards.

 

[krtek a houby]

Coming from you that means.....nothing at all.

Ditto

 

[krtek a houby]

this. but let's not ruin jer..'s absurd narrative

Hell's teeth, man, you kicked it off.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Yeah, played right into their hands, didn't they? Once again the reasons for the protest will be ignored in favour of salacious coverage of the violence.

Well done, dickheads.

yep, cos debate and trusting the elected representatives has really worked well to date eh?

 

[krtek a houby]

yep, cos debate and trusting the elected representatives has really worked well to date eh?

And this is really changing the world, isn't it? Double right backatcha