Old 02-13-2012, 12:32 PM   #1
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Default [NEWS] Athens Up In Flames

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2...456127197.html

"Clashes erupted after more than 100,000 protesters marched to parliament to rally against drastic austerity cuts that will ax one in five civil service jobs and slash the minimum wage by more than a fifth."

If all of these people were from Athens, 1 in 6 people in the city were involved in this.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8190UC20120210

The Greek police continue to monitor and "break up" the unruly protests, however they are also demanding the arrests of EU and IMF officials for "blackmail, covertly abolishing or eroding democracy and national sovereignty"

ITT discuss how Greece got into this situation, how it applies to the rest of the world, and what we can learn from what is happening now. or you know, call them all dirty hippies like you normally would.

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Thank god these people are expressing themselves and sending the message that the people are not to be ****ed with.
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Sounds like this could be a.... hot topic...

100k people though, that's crazy. Wonder what the police were thinking when they saw all of the protesters.
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hot topic, he he he
im sure the most common thought was "i wonder how many of my friends/family are going to get arrested today?"
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if occupy wall street has taught us anything, it's that one should never underestimate the power of large groups of stupid people.
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GOOD. Those government assholes get what they deserve. This is coming from a greek btw.

I support these riots. My grandma's been telling me about the crisis for months now, and it has outraged both of us. I'm glad the citizens of Greece aren't taking any more shit.
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A2P, details on what your grandma tells you?
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GOOD. Those government assholes get what they deserve. This is coming from a greek btw.

I support these riots. My grandma's been telling me about the crisis for months now, and it has outraged both of us. I'm glad the citizens of Greece aren't taking any more shit.
Yeah, I'm curious. Does she live there?
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Basically the same shit that's going on with America about the 1%, but amplified 3-fold. How they actually demand money from the poor when the unemployment rate's around 20% over there (which is Great Depression level which is frightening).
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This! Is! Athens!

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