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178. How is using, peaceful, non-violent, non-intrusive, and polite protesting a good thing?
15 million people protested the Iraq War in a single day. What the fuck did it accomplish? NOT A THING.

I'll admit that I don't know for sure that this type of thing accomplishes anything either. But it makes the elite fucking scared, and that's a hell of a lot more than any peaceful protest ever accomplished.
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  -Photos From The Riot In London & Pic Of Prince Charles & Camilla Reacting As Car Was Attacked Turborama  Dec-09-10 03:07 PM   #0 
  - For the record that vehicle is armored  nadinbrzezinski   Dec-09-10 03:13 PM   #1 
  - Me too. Very. n/t  Catherina   Dec-09-10 03:14 PM   #2 
  - Looks like that armor is the only thing that saved them  StarburstClock   Dec-09-10 04:40 PM   #32 
  - The perception of a (reasonably) fair deal is what saves the rich  daleo   Dec-09-10 06:12 PM   #65 
  - And from a VIP preoction perspective  nadinbrzezinski   Dec-09-10 06:54 PM   #73 
  - I'm going to London tomorrow...  Agent William    Dec-09-10 05:46 PM   #56 
  - You better be careful  Boudica the Lyoness   Dec-09-10 08:53 PM   #88 
  - fancy  Liberal_in_LA   Dec-09-10 08:45 PM   #84 
  - Oh trust me very fancy  nadinbrzezinski   Dec-09-10 08:51 PM   #86 
  - Did not look armored to me.  SkyDaddy7   Dec-10-10 01:57 PM   #169 
  - I would never advocate violence, but what will it take before we take to the streets?  Love Bug   Dec-09-10 03:19 PM   #3 
  - We have but our media don't bother showing  nadinbrzezinski   Dec-09-10 03:23 PM   #4 
  - That's true.  robinlynne   Dec-09-10 03:25 PM   #6 
  - The media would show it if we were lighting fires  intheflow   Dec-09-10 09:19 PM   #91 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-09-10 10:55 PM   #110 
  - Just curious. Has this been covered by any of the TV networks? FOX, MSNBC, CNN? nt  MrsCorleone   Dec-09-10 11:33 PM   #115 
     - I found this clip on YouTube of Faux covering the daytime scuffles...  Turborama   Dec-10-10 01:50 AM   #118 
     - Thanks!  MrsCorleone   Dec-10-10 02:34 AM   #119 
        - Just found an MSNBC clip about this, too  Turborama   Dec-10-10 05:52 AM   #138 
           - Great. Thank you.  MrsCorleone   Dec-10-10 03:51 PM   #174 
     - I saw it last night  xxqqqzme   Dec-10-10 12:55 PM   #165 
  - The media has spent the past few decades telling us protests don't accomplish anything  name not needed   Dec-09-10 03:30 PM   #10 
  - I think we should put that theory to the test. nt  Capitalocracy   Dec-09-10 04:49 PM   #36 
  - I want a Julian Assange mask.  molly77   Dec-09-10 09:23 PM   #93 
  - I feel you but  Agent William    Dec-09-10 05:38 PM   #51 
  - They may have but  intheflow   Dec-09-10 09:21 PM   #92 
     - So which is the Land of the Free now?  GCP   Dec-09-10 09:45 PM   #99 
  - along with a certain percent of DU.  Hannah Bell   Dec-09-10 07:18 PM   #79 
  - Here's some examples  Xicano   Dec-09-10 03:42 PM   #13 
  - Yes, there are many examples of people here protesting.  kas125   Dec-09-10 05:58 PM   #59 
     - Respect to all you guys and gals at the RNC  Downtown Hound   Dec-10-10 12:21 PM   #159 
  - when we crank state university and community college tuition by 300%  northernlights   Dec-09-10 04:29 PM   #31 
  - We have raised tuition 300%  CreekDog   Dec-09-10 05:49 PM   #57 
     - KU's tuition, including in-state tuition, has been rising hugely, too.  tblue37   Dec-09-10 09:01 PM   #89 
     - Out state tuition was $800 a year when I went.  Scruffy1   Dec-10-10 08:39 PM   #182 
     - I want to take one class at Mesa Community College  blueamy66   Dec-10-10 07:47 AM   #148 
     - not year over year. try to imagine tuition rising from $3,000 this year to 10,000 next  northernlights   Dec-10-10 01:47 PM   #167 
  - I would be there. I used to watch the daily riot outside the South  roguevalley   Dec-09-10 04:42 PM   #34 
  - Oh I'm sure we'll get to it.  Foo Fighter   Dec-09-10 11:38 PM   #116 
  - What would it take?  Stevenmarc   Dec-10-10 12:52 PM   #164 
  - That is my question too. What is the matter with us?  sirthomas66   Dec-10-10 01:57 PM   #168 
  - Wow! K&R  inna   Dec-09-10 03:24 PM   #5 
  - K&R  leftstreet   Dec-09-10 03:27 PM   #7 
  - Looks like Charles is fuddling a response and Camilla is yelling "MOVE"  Lars39   Dec-09-10 03:28 PM   #8 
  - Her espression looks like, "the audacity!!"  Raschel   Dec-09-10 04:28 PM   #30 
     - I've seen Camilla's expression on wild monkeys, too.  savannah43   Dec-09-10 06:21 PM   #70 
        - I wonder if they will put the big royal wedding for Will on hold for awhile.  Raschel   Dec-09-10 09:44 PM   #98 
  - What's Camilla Saying  otohara   Dec-09-10 03:29 PM   #9 
  - "Our Austerity, Their Prosperity"  ljm2002   Dec-09-10 03:38 PM   #11 
  - The Adopt a Billionaire Charity Drive has taken it as their slogan.  TalkingDog   Dec-09-10 04:00 PM   #26 
  - Dramatic pictures.  CJCRANE   Dec-09-10 03:38 PM   #12 
  - K&R For the students, standing up for themselves! This is so wrong.  Waiting For Everyman   Dec-09-10 03:44 PM   #14 
  - I gave that distinction to the third photo  Catherina   Dec-09-10 06:12 PM   #66 
  - fantastic!  AngryAmish   Dec-09-10 03:44 PM   #15 
  - "The peasants are revolting!"  CJCRANE   Dec-09-10 03:48 PM   #17 
  - LMFAO  reggie the dog   Dec-09-10 05:21 PM   #42 
  - 1  mdmc   Dec-09-10 05:28 PM   #47 
  - Yeah and they stink on ice!  walldude   Dec-09-10 05:39 PM   #53 
  - That's a priceless picture of Charles and Camilla...  remember2000forever   Dec-09-10 03:49 PM   #18 
  - Wow.  Darth_Kitten   Dec-09-10 05:00 PM   #40 
  - You'd feel that way if it was Ted Kennedy in the car, too, right? eom  lukasahero   Dec-10-10 09:19 AM   #154 
     - I would feel quite different if Ted Kennedy was in that car  AngryAmish   Dec-11-10 12:19 PM   #187 
  - This is only the very beginning of what is in store for the world's wealthy elite. eom  Swamp Rat   Dec-09-10 03:46 PM   #16 
  - +1 nt  ipaint   Dec-09-10 03:51 PM   #21 
  - I sincerely hope so . nt  madmax   Dec-09-10 04:06 PM   #27 
  - i hope you are correct  reggie the dog   Dec-09-10 05:30 PM   #49 
  - You feel it too?  Catherina   Dec-09-10 06:13 PM   #67 
  - I think there are many who are totally fed up. All over.  glinda   Dec-09-10 10:48 PM   #105 
  - The revolution is stirring for sure  TornadoTN   Dec-10-10 12:45 PM   #162 
  - global revolution  fascisthunter   Dec-10-10 03:15 PM   #172 
  - I can live with that.  NOLALady   Dec-11-10 12:27 PM   #188 
  - Whoa.  AspenRose   Dec-09-10 03:49 PM   #19 
  - The fat cats never learn  MorningGlow   Dec-09-10 03:50 PM   #20 
  - Viddy well, my ultra-rich little brothers  Cirque du So-What   Dec-09-10 03:51 PM   #22 
  - The look on Camilla's face = priceless. Good to see the upper-class twits scared for once.  Hannah Bell   Dec-09-10 03:51 PM   #23 
  - They didn't do a thing  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 05:36 PM   #50 
  - And where does that ostentatious wealth come from?  Glassunion   Dec-09-10 05:58 PM   #60 
  - Several places  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 06:03 PM   #61 
     - "the amount they get from the state is utterly unrelated to the tuition fees row."  Glassunion   Dec-09-10 06:07 PM   #62 
        - I just told you that  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 06:12 PM   #64 
           - I am not assuming anything about your opinion in this matter.  Glassunion   Dec-09-10 07:22 PM   #80 
           - The Prince may or may not be directly involved in hiking tuition,  Hannah Bell   Dec-09-10 08:49 PM   #85 
  - no, the dear old royals don't do a thing. lol.  Hannah Bell   Dec-09-10 07:05 PM   #75 
  - they are a useless class who are propped up by taxpayers  Sanity Claws   Dec-10-10 10:27 AM   #156 
  - How is violence against them a good thing?  jakefrep   Dec-09-10 10:50 PM   #107 
     - how is violence against the royalty wrong?  reggie the dog   Dec-10-10 05:03 AM   #123 
     - How is violence against their royal highnesses a good thing?  fasttense   Dec-10-10 05:25 AM   #129 
     - Maybe Because King George Wielded Real Power  DemocratSinceBirth   Dec-10-10 05:42 AM   #135 
     - Would Marie Antoinette care about the peasants misery without the threat of a guillotine?  conspirator   Dec-10-10 08:12 AM   #151 
     - unfortunately the wealthy don't play by the rules  fascisthunter   Dec-10-10 03:18 PM   #173 
     - How is using, peaceful, non-violent, non-intrusive, and polite protesting a good thing?  Downtown Hound   Dec-10-10 04:16 PM   #178 
  - Make the rich pay.... Love that pic  NightWatcher   Dec-09-10 03:53 PM   #24 
  - Our Austerity, Their Prosperity  suffragette   Dec-09-10 03:53 PM   #25 
  - Terribly sorry their lovely evening was disturbed!  bullwinkle428   Dec-09-10 04:17 PM   #28 
  - kr  Norrin Radd   Dec-09-10 04:25 PM   #29 
  - Large pic of Camilla freaking out....  Turborama   Dec-09-10 04:42 PM   #33 
  - That needs a caption.  zeemike   Dec-09-10 04:47 PM   #35 
  - Priceless! n/t  Catherina   Dec-09-10 06:16 PM   #68 
  - "You never put anything there, Dear."  AngryAmish   Dec-09-10 04:57 PM   #39 
  - Okay, now some important news, just WHAT dress will Waity Katie get?  Darth_Kitten   Dec-09-10 04:53 PM   #37 
  - FREAKIN AWESOME, WE NEED SOME OF THIS IN THE USA.  okieinpain   Dec-09-10 04:55 PM   #38 
  - +1. Unfortunately that's what it will take  Lorien   Dec-10-10 03:49 AM   #122 
     - that is so true. n/t.  okieinpain   Dec-10-10 08:53 AM   #152 
  - make the rich pay  reggie the dog   Dec-09-10 05:19 PM   #41 
  - ''Cut Trident. Not Tuition.''  Octafish   Dec-09-10 05:24 PM   #43 
  - I noticed that one  malaise   Dec-10-10 05:34 AM   #132 
     - The PTB have all the Aces...  Octafish   Dec-10-10 08:53 AM   #153 
  - Maybe they'll catch up with the French  somone   Dec-09-10 05:25 PM   #44 
  - if the riots come to france  reggie the dog   Dec-09-10 05:25 PM   #45 
  - solidarity  mdmc   Dec-09-10 05:25 PM   #46 
  - priceless  reggie the dog   Dec-09-10 05:28 PM   #48 
  - That was exactly what it looked like!  intheflow   Dec-09-10 09:28 PM   #94 
  - this has been coming for years...  GSLevel9   Dec-09-10 05:38 PM   #52 
  - Eat The Rich!  AzDar   Dec-09-10 05:42 PM   #54 
  - I am not a cannibal.  aquart   Dec-10-10 06:59 PM   #180 
  - Fuck kings, abolish monarchies, let the people make laws and a government that follows them.  Poll_Blind   Dec-09-10 05:45 PM   #55 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-09-10 09:02 PM   #90 
  - how about tha archaeological law which says any treasure found belong to Her  StarsInHerHair   Dec-09-10 10:30 PM   #103 
  - Not really  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 10:46 PM   #104 
  - It means 'the crown' (ie the state) has the right to buy it off you at a set price  muriel_volestrangler   Dec-10-10 05:52 AM   #139 
  - ignorance,  reggie the dog   Dec-10-10 05:05 AM   #124 
     - Canadians Are Subjects Of The Queen Too  DemocratSinceBirth   Dec-10-10 05:34 AM   #133 
        - 5 plants calls for mandatory minimum jail time in canada  reggie the dog   Dec-10-10 07:09 AM   #145 
  - I Thought The Royals Were Figureheads  DemocratSinceBirth   Dec-10-10 05:28 AM   #130 
     - They are  Prophet 451   Dec-10-10 06:37 AM   #141 
  - Thank the Lord for the students  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 05:50 PM   #58 
  - go riot with the kids  reggie the dog   Dec-10-10 05:07 AM   #125 
  - They should abolish the royalty and make these asswipes get jobs. n/t  tabasco   Dec-09-10 06:08 PM   #63 
  - Where to start?  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 06:17 PM   #69 
  - actually, although this is wildly off topic...  renate   Dec-09-10 07:02 PM   #74 
  - So I read  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 10:51 PM   #108 
  - The U.S. creates its own royalty too  Cherchez la Femme   Dec-09-10 07:09 PM   #77 
  - If you all love your royalty so much then why would protester try to destroy their vehicle with them  TNLib   Dec-09-10 07:14 PM   #78 
  - Because they're pissed and he happened to be there n/t  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 10:30 PM   #102 
  - Agree x 1000  GCP   Dec-09-10 09:43 PM   #97 
  - The concept of royalty is revolting.  tabasco   Dec-10-10 08:59 PM   #184 
  - I have no problem with your system. I do appreciate what Charles is trying to do for the farmers in  glinda   Dec-09-10 10:53 PM   #109 
  - I've yet to meet a Brit who speaks ill of The Royals in the context of  cherokeeprogressive   Dec-09-10 11:19 PM   #111 
  - pretty much every Welsh person i ever met  reggie the dog   Dec-10-10 05:11 AM   #127 
  - There's a difference between having a job and living on the wages from it ....  defendandprotect   Dec-10-10 02:48 AM   #121 
  - I wish I had  Prophet 451   Dec-10-10 05:49 AM   #136 
  - +1  Glassunion   Dec-10-10 02:19 PM   #171 
  - In terms of ...  defendandprotect   Dec-10-10 04:06 PM   #175 
     - I think...  Prophet 451   Dec-11-10 09:49 AM   #185 
        - Agree ....  defendandprotect   Dec-11-10 08:48 PM   #192 
           - It's difficult for average people to understand such psychopaths  Prophet 451   Dec-13-10 04:17 AM   #193 
  - I Think Most Of The Rest Of The World Realizes The Difference Between King Abdullah  DemocratSinceBirth   Dec-10-10 06:01 AM   #140 
     - Disagree ....  defendandprotect   Dec-10-10 04:10 PM   #176 
  - ask the welsh or the scots  reggie the dog   Dec-10-10 05:09 AM   #126 
  - And they should have a referendum on the subject  Prophet 451   Dec-10-10 05:51 AM   #137 
  - Agree ....  defendandprotect   Dec-10-10 04:13 PM   #177 
  - LOL.  tabasco   Dec-10-10 08:53 PM   #183 
     - No-one said that  Prophet 451   Dec-11-10 09:50 AM   #186 
  - I agree...and now another royal wedding is coming up....they should  Gin   Dec-09-10 08:42 PM   #83 
  - And cause a Constitutional crisis?  Prophet 451   Dec-09-10 10:50 PM   #106 
  - If They Were "Real" Monarchs I Would Agree With You But They Aren't So I Won't  DemocratSinceBirth   Dec-10-10 05:39 AM   #134 
     - The Royal Family is quite different from  defendandprotect   Dec-10-10 04:18 PM   #179 
  - Wow!  tekisui   Dec-09-10 06:23 PM   #71 
  - K&R  DeSwiss   Dec-09-10 06:23 PM   #72 
  - That's called the Archduke Ferdinand look on his face  Generic Other   Dec-09-10 07:05 PM   #76 
  - Raw footage of the attack on the car  Turborama   Dec-09-10 08:23 PM   #81 
  - Gotta love the "Where are we going?" sign!  progressoid   Dec-09-10 08:36 PM   #82 
  - Thanks for posting these pics  Liberal_in_LA   Dec-09-10 08:52 PM   #87 
  - Wow, don't fuck with British college students!  intheflow   Dec-09-10 09:32 PM   #95 
  - My Fellow Brits - I am so proud of you  GCP   Dec-09-10 09:34 PM   #96 
  - Me too  Mosaic   Dec-10-10 06:58 AM   #144 
  - For Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall a "rather unpleasant ride".  Better Believe It   Dec-09-10 09:57 PM   #100 
  - New Pics...  Turborama   Dec-09-10 10:23 PM   #101 
  - Wow! Things are quickly changing in the World.  tridim   Dec-09-10 11:23 PM   #112 
  - maybe something that is slow painful and keeps building...  MrMickeysMom   Dec-09-10 11:27 PM   #113 
  - That look on Prince Charles and Camilla faces!  Rex   Dec-09-10 11:28 PM   #114 
  - kickety kick -  inna   Dec-10-10 12:16 AM   #117 
  - THIS has actually made me feel one hell of a lot better ... some opposition!!!  defendandprotect   Dec-10-10 02:44 AM   #120 
  - WE need to be doing this!  Le Taz Hot   Dec-10-10 05:13 AM   #128 
  - They are off to the theatre in the middle of riots  malaise   Dec-10-10 05:32 AM   #131 
  - Excluding the wars of course  dipsydoodle   Dec-10-10 12:48 PM   #163 
  - Good, good, good.  blindpig   Dec-10-10 06:45 AM   #142 
  - These kids are socially concsious and not lazy. They know what is going on in their society...  kgnu_fan   Dec-10-10 06:47 AM   #143 
  - yawn...The Brixton riots were something..  HipChick   Dec-10-10 07:25 AM   #146 
  - Recommend!!!!!!!!!!  Poboy   Dec-10-10 07:29 AM   #147 
  - 'we are not your slaves.' -- indeed. nt  xchrom   Dec-10-10 07:52 AM   #149 
  - Those poor people  Unknown Liberal   Dec-10-10 08:02 AM   #150 
  - The rich need to see and feel this EVERYWHERE they go  Downtown Hound   Dec-10-10 10:05 AM   #155 
  - "For all the years we looked like clowns...  alcibiades_mystery   Dec-10-10 10:33 AM   #157 
  - In a way, sort of inspiring.  semillama   Dec-10-10 10:39 AM   #158 
  - AWESOME Pictures.. did you take these yourself?  ddeclue   Dec-10-10 12:30 PM   #160 
  - Apparently you haven't heard of the RNC riots in St. Paul  Downtown Hound   Dec-10-10 12:41 PM   #161 
  - A Great Big Metaphor  bongbong   Dec-10-10 01:24 PM   #166 
  - Here's a pic to send to your Senator re: Tax Debate  NorthCarolina   Dec-10-10 02:14 PM   #170 
  - I just now caught the mid-air flying brick!  Poll_Blind   Dec-11-10 12:28 PM   #189 
  - why not us too?  trud   Dec-10-10 07:06 PM   #181 
  - But who will lead the way?  NOLALady   Dec-11-10 12:32 PM   #190 
  - Any one of these is suitable for framing.  leeroysphitz   Dec-11-10 12:34 PM   #191 
 

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