G20 demonstrations

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

hahahaha!!

hahahaha!!

And I'm pretty sure it won't be the RBS CEO cleaning up the broken glass tomorrow. Tits.

Love how they're gathering outside the Bank of England - no economics students in the pack then.

Surely the FSA would be a better place.

I am abit surpricsed at all the anger at the protesters ....(more right wing in here that I thought!) A few windows get smashed and some copper gets a black eye...so what. What about all these greedy bankers that have fucked up so badly that YOU the tax payer, have to bail them out! By the time there mess it all sorted they will be tucking it to there fat pensions ...while everyone else will be asked to work till there 70 !

Rant Over.

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

Mate, I've never, ever had a cushy job. Never had a comfy pension, and I have always been a contractor. I have hardly ever, in more than 20 years, worked less than 60 hours a week, and sometimes worked much more than that. I've not enjoyed a comfy life either.

If you ever meet me out in public, stay out of arm's reach. I am not nice when strangers try to wind me up.

Have you ever tried being the main breadwinner and benefactor for 3 kids? Thats what I do, so please, when you have something considered to say......I would actually like to hear it. Till then.......please knock yourself out, with some invigorating rebellion.

Bishopsgate is a bit like Glastonbury, they're all eating cake and sitting around in tents. No-one is very angry. Except me, when a policeman told me I couldn't go ahead of a bus and I had such a tantrum I got my skirt caught on my saddle and nearly fell off my bike in front of about 3000 spectators. Genius.

I deplore all violence, especially at people just doing their job (the police) when people are angry about somehting not involving them. The police didn't cause a financial meltdown. I hate violence.

I am abit surpricsed at all the anger at the protesters ....(more right wing in here that I thought!) A few windows get smashed and some copper gets a black eye...so what. What about all these greedy bankers that have fucked up so badly that YOU the tax payer, have to bail them out! By the time there mess it all sorted they will be tucking it to there fat pensions ...while everyone else will be asked to work till there 70 !

Rant Over.

It's not the bankers duty to look after the taxpayer, it's the government's. Pumping cheap credit to irresponsible lenders is what the GOVERNMENT did.

I am abit surpricsed at all the anger at the protesters ....(more right wing in here that I thought!) A few windows get smashed and some copper gets a black eye...so what. What about all these greedy bankers that have fucked up so badly that YOU the tax payer, have to bail them out! By the time there mess it all sorted they will be tucking it to there fat pensions ...while everyone else will be asked to work till there 70 !

Rant Over.

Fucking right mate. There's too much emphasis on being fashionably cynical and sitting at our desks with our easy jobs and forgetting important things like the actual process of democracy, in so far as actually making any decisions about anything happening around us. We are directly responsible for the actions of the banks and government by our own inaction in opposing the frighteningly bad decisions they make to profit the financial sector, as well as just plain not giving a flying fuck so long as we can buy imported bicycle parts that cost more than a golden bucket of diamonds and would feed a family of four, anywhere else in the world, for a month.

I'm goin up now to see whats crackin..

the best idiotic placard i saw today was '7-7 - MI5 DID IT'

Not sure that its that idiotic. How can you be so sure? Do you work for MI5? Its extremely likely they engineered/invented the 'threat' two weeks later where, erm, nothing happened ... which you never hear about much now but at the time we were fed all this stuff about brave security officers in the line if fire etc etc.

[quote=heyholetsgo;610928] A few windows get smashed and some copper gets a black eye...so what.
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This is the sort of thinking that annoys me. Isn't this the sort of thinking that got us into all this trouble in the first place?

Not sure that its that idiotic. How can you be so sure? Do you work for MI5? Its extremely likely they engineered/invented the 'threat' two weeks later where, erm, nothing happened ... which you never hear about much now but at the time we were fed all this stuff about brave security officers in the line if fire etc etc.

nice and respectful to those who lost family and friends.

Not sure that its that idiotic. How can you be so sure? Do you work for MI5? Its extremely likely they engineered/invented the 'threat' two weeks later where, erm, nothing happened ... which you never hear about much now but at the time we were fed all this stuff about brave security officers in the line if fire etc etc.

please tell me you are being ironic not moronic

It's not the bankers duty to look after the taxpayer, it's the government's. Pumping cheap credit to irresponsible lenders is what the GOVERNMENT did.

My "rant" was not pro this goverment and I didnt say it was the bankers duty to look after the taxpayer.

nice and respectful to those who lost family and friends.

I have no cause nor wish to offend.

Nope, moronic, not ironic.

Fucking right mate. There's too much emphasis on being fashionably cynical and sitting at our desks with our easy jobs and forgetting important things like the actual process of democracy, in so far as actually making any decisions about anything happening around us. We are directly responsible for the actions of the banks and government by our own inaction in opposing the frighteningly bad decisions they make to profit the financial sector, as well as just plain not giving a flying fuck so long as we can buy imported bicycle parts that cost more than a golden bucket of diamonds and would feed a family of four, anywhere else in the world, for a month.

Good point ..well made Sir!

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People can protest. That is democracy. Calling for bankers to be hanged. That is mob rule and unacceptable. And no, it is not an ironic slogan, it is an irresponsible one.

Call me right wing, if that cheers you up and makes you feel good about yourself. Attack democracy and replace it with mob rule at your peril.

Nope, moronic, not ironic.

thought so, reason i am not particularly supportive of the protestors is cos too many of them hold views as out there as yours. I feel sorry for the environmental causes mostly because they are a worthy cause but so many are put off getting involved in a meaningful way as too many of those involved are bordering on the loopy loo if not there already.

Also i am a right wing c*nt

Skully

If MI5 engineered the 7/7 murders, how come Islamic extremists claimed responsibility?

Similarly, if Zionists orchestrated 9/11, how come Bin Laden claimed responsibility?

These conspiracy theories do go a little far at times.

No problem with fighting for a cause. In fact I have great respect for standing up for what you believe in. But is that what most of them are doing?

Chuck in some plastic furniture and union jacks and you've got Euro 2004.

No problem with fighting for a cause. In fact I have great respect for standing up for what you believe in. But is that what most of them are doing?

Chuck in some plastic furniture and union jacks and you've got Euro 2004.

Euro 2004 was wicked!

thought so, reason i am not particularly supportive of the protestors is cos too many of them hold views as out there as yours. I feel sorry for the environmental causes mostly because they are a worthy cause but so many are put off getting involved in a meaningful way as too many of those involved are bordering on the loopy loo if not there already.

Also i am a right wing c*nt

That's the problem isn't it? This country has a proud tradition of protest (inc Trade Union movement etc) but it has been reduced to the level of 6th form/Mark Thomas politics by the ill-informed few.