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This is a normal post I have never understood G8 and G20 protests.
What the hell are they protesting about? The summits are ostensibly to ensure stability and growth - they're not talking about clubbing baby seals or congratulating themselves on extending the usage of fossil fuels.

The G summits are not environmental summits either.

Baffled.
 (I helped save b3ta! blindmelon, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 13:21, Reply)
This is a normal post Maybe in thier own misguided way they understand...
...endless growth will destroy us. Unless we go out there, we live somewhere with finite resources.
 (Captain_lambkin adifferent.me, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 13:37, Reply)
This is a normal post Well you could understand the Make Poverty History one.
since they were discussing Africa's debt etc. at the summit.

I think the rest of them have been people who just really enjoy protesting. It's a nice day out, and they can meet other like-minded arse-holes.
 (I helped save b3ta! Incredibly Ordinary Dave needs your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 13:38, Reply)
This is a normal post odd how you don't see protests when it's pissing down with rain
or when there's three feet of snow

or when people have jobs to go to
 (I helped save b3ta! admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 23:11, Reply)
This is a normal post Because Governments and Banks are big and BAD!
(unless you want to borrow money or buy a house or need a Government department to serve your personal interests, in which case they are ok. BUT OTHERWISE BAD!)
 (I helped save b3ta! JamTallons, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 13:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Damn you capitalism!
Damn you for ensuring that I have a number of options on how to ensure food and shelter for myself, and damn you for allowing a system to evolve whereby there are structures in place for the improvement of medicine, healthcare, education and standards of living!

I'm going back to nature, so i can live in a tree to avoid being eaten by bears, until I die of pox.
 (I helped save b3ta! Kung_Fu_Russ ran out of amusing signatures on, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 13:48, Reply)
This is a normal post not sure where to start with that one

(I helped save b3ta! Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 14:16, Reply)
This is a normal post info to help explain
here
 (I helped save b3ta! corington, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 22:42, Reply)
This is a normal post Not a bad article.
and a convincing arguement. I believe in protest but for me those guys just look like a bunch of cunts.
 (I helped save b3ta! Pazuzu does a barrel roll, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 12:30, Reply)
This is a normal post Growth
Well, growth is what causes all the environmental problems...and the misguided lovelies who think that holding hands across beaches is going to change anything are far worse IMHO than the taunters who, after all, are trying to get a reaction from the police to show them for what they are - tools of a corporate state system.

And relax.
 (farnishk Apparently a terrorist,, Tue 29 Jun 2010, 23:35, Reply)