G20 demonstrations

i say kill the lawyers

these protests are lame.

They're lame because 90% of the people are there for a carnival and a piss up. They're having fun and taking a break from work because they're bored, not trying to change the world. Half the people in 99 didn't know what WTO stood for and I'd wager the same percentage here don't know what G20 means or what they do.

Yep, we need to take a leaf out the European's book.

Disenchanted youths in Paris get a bit pissed off with the price of crack = 2 weeks of full blown street wars and looting.

Police shoot innocent kid in Athens = a months worth of running battles with police, cars burning through the night and general civil unrest.

That's proper protesting

I hope you all lose your cushy jobs, then you'll be protesting.

I hope you all lose your cushy jobs, then you'll be protesting.

Would love too, mine's shit.

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I hope you all lose your cushy jobs, then you'll be protesting.

no, then i'll be out looking for another job

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i say kill the lawyers

Please pop round here when you want to start. I can point out some good targets ;o)

no one knows what they are there for and the bbc is exploiting this fact by interviewing people in the street who clearly have no idea why they are there.

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While a committed course of action over a lengthy period is always going to have more chance of being effective, sometimes events such as this can politicise those previously unpoliticised and, just once in a while, popular demonstrations can effect change. The Poll Tax riots are a good case in point.

Times of plenty breed apathy and inertia. Perhaps today's economic issues will give rise to a more politicial youth. Today could be the start of that.

But then again, perhaps not.

I have no problem with protest or with working to effect change long-term or immediately. To be honest, I'm a Yank and am not too familiar with the whole poll tax issue. What I have no respect for is the vast majority that are just there for a good time and a story later.

I also have a problem if they leave broken glass on the road for my commute home...

Just been down there. Bank is pretty crazy but Bishopsgate is pretty cilled out. Nice riding round all the traffic free roads (exept for the peds walking all over the place). I will head down after work as well.

I dress to the right, but I'm left-leaning... hopefully it balances out.
LOVE symmetry.

People are there for:

Stop Climate Chaos!!!!
Down with taxes!!!!
Save the Whales!!!!
The Real Labour Party!!!!
Smell my Finger!!!
Tell your mates you were there!!!!

its kicking off but not because of the protestors but because of the police, they are instigating all the violence ???!!!

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its kicking off but not because of the protestors but because of the police, they are instigating all the violence ???!!!
I don't know about that, what about the twat with the kendo sword?

I hope Robert Peston is there and gets a fist in the face. I hate him.

saw the BBC mentioned above and can't think about them without venting some Robert Peston rage.

One of the protesters on the roof looks a bit like Tappy.

I hope you all lose your cushy jobs, then you'll be protesting.

What a cuntish thing to say. Seriously.

What you are essentially saying is I hope you lose the means with which you support yourself.

Noticed on the twitter:

#G20 Talk of some computers grabbed from inside the RBS building.

Hmm. Something like this is perfect cover for anyone wishing to get their hands on a lot of people's financial data to sell to identity fraudsters.

is it the RBS on threadneedle street? the one that is empty and for rent....yeah good going demonstrators!!!

They will only be computers from the entrance. Your bank details are not all held on a desktop on a receptionists desk.

Looks fun..Might pop down after work