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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:14 PM Original message |
More than 150 police hurt at G8 |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmm... lots of angry people. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Good heavens. Why would that be? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I don't know. |
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stellanoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. ouch on both sides and even in the middle |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Notice they only discuss how many POLICE were hurt |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Comes with the territory when you are the army of the rich |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. No pity here either......... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Nice of them to show restraint (police)` |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Funny that people here were slamming the protestors in Venezuela for injuring police |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Principles are a fungible thing |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Unwarranted insults are so helpful. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. always counter productive |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
80. BULLSHIT!! |
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DemoDemoCratCrat (136 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Thank you! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
79. Ok, you got some proof for this blanket statement |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
6. and they thought Seattle was crazy... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
7. I believe there is a huge pool of anger among masses of proplr around the world |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. We can only hope... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. From your lips to God's ears. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. You call this a revolution? |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Makes you wonder what they know that we don't. |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Oh, we know... |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
37. football (soccer) fans need something to do .n/t |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. Violence hurts their cause. Just what IS their cause? Since the news... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Their cause is that "causes" are a failure |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. So what better world will violence usher in? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They seem to globe trot the world preaching revolution |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I'm not convinced anyone was looking to count you in |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Your post reflects your age |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Are you calling me a Nazi? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. "..violence is by a few arrogant youthful know it alls...." |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 07:07 AM Response to Reply #43 |
71. That may be true, or it may not |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Who said I was for violence? Not me. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Capitalism is better |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. OK, so you admit violence can create a better world (capitalism over feudalism) |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. And my point is violence is uncertain and cannot be controlled nt |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Uh, yeah |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. These protestors aren't seeking to overturn its evil dictator. They're protesting a G8 conference, |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. The previous poster was making an absolute claim |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The American Revolution |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. But was the result certain? nt |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. So we shouldn't have had the American Revolution? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Canada did alright without such a revolution. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I recall the "54' 40' or fight " message the US sent to England from history class |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Different situation when an underclass of citizens undertakes to free itself... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
81. Capitalism is a dead end religion |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. This is not a beaten down underclass seeking to overturn its fascist govt. |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
67. I would agree with you but... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
82. COME ON!!! |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Exactly,... |
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SayWhatYo (991 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 07:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
72. well... |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. and the 1917 revolution worked out so well... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. The German beer gardens gave rise to a movement also |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. yes, true |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
47. How about the bourgeois revolutions? |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. no, it's not harder at all. they are equally reprehensible. n/t |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. The American revolution was "reprehensible." |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
61. eh? |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:18 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Sources I have are in Russian, I'd be happy to provide them |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. i'm getting most of my sources from second-hand interpretations of soviet archives, see |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. well |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. richard pipes was an historian laid claim to by the reagan adminstration so i doubt hes credible |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. yeah |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. igor bunich is |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
90. he is a controversial figure, and while primary sources can be cherry-picked |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:46 AM Response to Reply #76 |
84. "primary sources" are ripe for cherry picking |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. he was interested in primary sources in English, I pointed to a place where he might find some in |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
83. It worked out better for more of the Russian people |
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nodehopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. btw, violent protests and failed liberal democracy aren't the only options |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Oh, we're absolutely supposed to think of Ghandi and MLK: ALL THE TIME |
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pork medley (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. that is a pretty good analogy |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
91. MLK and Gandhi are held out |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
66. Oh what a load of BS. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. The usual hysteria |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. Based on what I've heard the anarchist types like to provoke the police... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:48 AM Response to Reply #65 |
85. It sounds to me that this was a police riot |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 11:13 PM Response to Reply #65 |
92. As usual |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
34. Those masked "demonstrators" |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. That's called Black Bloc (block without the k) |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. These guys with their red flags are of the same group |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
52. That should be the scene in DC every day. n/t |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:49 AM Response to Reply #52 |
86. HEAR, HEAR! (n/t) |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
55. G-8 protesters clash with German police |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Is it me or are protests now becoming more violent on both sides? n/t |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Polarization sucks. (And anyone who disagrees eats babies!) (nt) |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. That's funny (but I think polarization can be fine) |
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Decruiter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. He started it. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. both sides? |
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neweurope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
73. Hmmm... hello?! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
78. And how many protesters were injured??? |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 04:47 AM Response to Original message |
87. ttt nt |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
88. (Wednesday) Police use water cannons on protesters at G8 summit |
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