Buddha
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Buddha's knob must be red
raw with all this going on.
Unlike you, who shot your load far too prematurely...
Buddha's knob must be red
raw with all this going on.
Nicking stuff aint violence, it's theft.
But what is theft? And who are the real thieves?
No, they go after Cereal cafesIt's not.
Anarchists never target normal people's businesses. If any 'normal people' have had their businesses targeted it would definitely not have been by anarchists, that simply doesn't make any sense.
I like reading your posts Buddha. We live very different lives but I normally can see where you are coming from but then these little comments let you down in my opinion.
Opportunists smashing into stores to nick the latest wide screen telly are not joining your civil uprising. They are opportunist filth taking something that doesn't belong to them.
They aren't stealing to feed their family they are stealing consumer goods that you dont need to survive but looks good on their wall.
Someone stealing a loaf of bread I dont have issue with. A 60 inch Sony I do.
What i find interesting is that a man has been killed again by a bent police officer, followed by some completely over zealous policing of protests, and people are moaning more about some companies being robbed rather than trying to understand the underlying reasons.
I saw an article where the chief of police actually bravely asked is he can join the protesters in their march. In that state there's not been anywhere near the level of rioting.
No, they go after Cereal cafes
And I agree that the opportunists who go looting aren't joining in a civil uprising. But you have to look at it from their point of view. When people feel that they have been disenfranchised and abused by a racist and corrupt system they become enraged and want to take the power back. Although it's only an illusion, looting serves to make (some) people feel that they are striking back.
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Sorry but cant agree. It's not about taking power back, it's about taking something for nothing.
If people want to protest against the system go on a peaceful march or go on strike. Dont pay taxes, organise and rise up.
If your first though is to smash up a target and wheel out a tele you ain't protesting on taking power back you are taking a tele.
Simple opportunist thieving and is distracts people from the real.story.
Society is basically a contract between many people. People agree to a set of common rules and behaviours in the expectation that everyone else will do the same etc. Thats the contract you make to live in society. However when something like george floyd happens, the feeling is that someones not keeping their side of the contract.Sorry but cant agree. It's not about taking power back, it's about taking something for nothing.
If people want to protest against the system go on a peaceful march or go on strike. Dont pay taxes, organise and rise up.
If your first though is to smash up a target and wheel out a tele you ain't protesting on taking power back you are taking a tele.
Simple opportunist thieving and is distracts people from the real.story.
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Society is basically a contract between many people. People agree to a set of common rules and behaviours in the expectation that everyone else will do the same etc. Thats the contract you make to live in society. However when something like george floyd happens, the feeling is that someones not keeping their side of the contract.
These people are people who feel the moral contract has been broken by the system, so why should they stick to their side of the contract? Why should they not just steal? If they can get away with it, why not?
Again, i dont think id do it myself, but ive never been inthe situation. I am a white middle class man so never had the treatment that many will have had, and will never have had the feeling of powerlessness that many black people will have at the moment. I can well imagine black people would love for justice to be served in the correct way, but history says it wont be. Democratic methods clearly are seen to be failing by many.
I do agree with you that it is counter productive
It will certainly help Trump get elected in November.
Yeah, cos cereal cafes charging £10 for a bowl of cornflakes is really the kind of place 'normal people' frequent!
Yeah, we've done this before. People protested when Asians moved into working class areas, and people protested again when hipsters moved into working class areas. You're the only person that thinks there's a difference.Bit of a fucking kick in the teeth when it's your neighbourhood, your community that has been bought up cheap and then 'developed' so that the original inhabitants are priced out of their communities. It's called gentrification and it represents class war. Yet some people feel aggrieved when the other side fight back.
Cereal cafes aint the problem but they sure as fuck represent gentrification of working class areas. And gentrification of working class areas must be opposed whenever it can be.
Bit of a fucking kick in the teeth when it's your neighbourhood, your community that has been bought up cheap and then 'developed' so that the original inhabitants are priced out of their communities. It's called gentrification and it represents class war. Yet some people feel aggrieved when the other side fight back.
You're on form today, AK. We'll make a revolutionary of you yet! ;-)
I guess where I disagree AK / Buddha is that their thoughts are not "we are doing this for george" but "lets grab what we can".
Class war represents envy.
How would you feel if your caravan was torched by a jealous tent-dweller ?