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Originally Posted by Masque

Are you really for real as what you are saying is that basically you condone the out of control violence used by the protesters which went over the top to any normal minded person.

Okay lets break this down.

Its violence by SOME protesters, not THE protesters. Labels again
No I condemn (most of) the violence by them, but support the majority as a whole.

I would fully condone the use of Baton Rounds and Water Cannon to control such crowds if and when required and up to now they have been lucky that the police can only use horses to try and control the rabble.

I don't mind what they do, just as long as the police don't escalate the anger of the protesters any more than they need to. I don't want to see a whole generation become radicalised, and that's exactly what is happening now.

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Originally Posted by Derek

Personally I think we should avoid the armchair experts who think because other countries are more radical and violent we don't know what a riot is and go with the current legal definition ( In England anyway )



I'd say the scenes we have seen count as a riot so we can move on.[COLOR="Silver"]

Thank you for illustrating my point so eloquently. You've taken grey, made it black, and you've suggested we now assume it's black and base more assumptions on the new black classification. People have been hanged based upon such medieval notions. In the 21st century however, this is dissapointing.

Now Mr Expert, so instead of 1% of trouble makers creating a scene - tell us what you call 20,000 rioters ? A civil war?