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Related: About this forumStanding man inspires silent protests in Turkey.
A Turkish man has staged an eight-hour silent vigil on Istanbul's Taksim Square, scene of violent clashes between police and anti-government protesters in recent weeks, inspiring hundreds of others to follow his lead.
"Standing man" said he wanted to take a stand against police stopping demonstrations near the square, DHA news agency reported.
He stood silently, facing the Ataturk Cultural Centre which was draped in Turkish flags and a portrait of Ataturk, from 6 p.m. (4.00 p.m. British time) on Monday until 2.00 am on Tuesday.
By 2 a.m. (12.00 a.m. British time), when the police moved in, about 300 people had joined him.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22949632
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Standing man inspires silent protests in Turkey. (Original Post)
Jesus Malverde
Jun 2013
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Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)1. I am; as a protest..
simply brilliant.
The weight of one person staring, inspirational. The weight of 3 hundred staring, heavy enough for police to be ordered in. How heavy is the gaze of a thousand? A hundred thousand?
If half a million people stood outside our Capital building and stared.....
If a half million women stood and stared....
If a half million in suits stood....
If a half million in Goodwill store clothes stood...
If a hundred million stood outside the NSA building....
I am; is strong
We are; conquers planets.
I am not a big fan of humanity in general; but every once in awhile, the action of a single individual excuses all the shit the rest of us dump.
starroute
(12,977 posts)2. And it's going viral
http://spanishrevolution11.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/revolution-goes-viral/
We head home. At the bull statue in central Kadıköy we experience another of those beautiful emotional moments that characterise revolutionary times. A dozen people are standing silently in protest, some holding Turkish flags, some holding images of Atatürk, some simply reading a book. People from the neighbourhood bring them supplies. Someone lifts a bottle of water to their lips. Passers by are applauding, cars are honking. This is happening all through the country. At the moment, hundreds of people are standing in Taksim.
We head home. At the bull statue in central Kadıköy we experience another of those beautiful emotional moments that characterise revolutionary times. A dozen people are standing silently in protest, some holding Turkish flags, some holding images of Atatürk, some simply reading a book. People from the neighbourhood bring them supplies. Someone lifts a bottle of water to their lips. Passers by are applauding, cars are honking. This is happening all through the country. At the moment, hundreds of people are standing in Taksim.
OneGrassRoot
(22,917 posts)3. They are beautiful. K&R n/t
bowens43
(16,064 posts)4. Powerful. wow