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appolyon said:

Ended up successfully occupying a number of bars till the wee hours that night.
Nope. By the time I made it as far as Swanston St every one had gone home.


Not funny.

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Prof. B. Bear said:

Using reasonable force to remove illegal squatters who are crying as if they are being tazed isn't funny to you? It is to me.
On another note, got my suit back from the tailors. As suspected the sleeves are a tad too long but all in all the pants are passable.

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Geoffrey Firmin said:

what is your British shoe size?

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Prof. B. Bear said:

Using reasonable force to remove illegal squatters who are crying as if they are being tazed isn't funny to you? It is to me.

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Prof. B. Bear said:

Using reasonable force to remove illegal squatters who are crying as if they are being tazed isn't funny to you? It is to me.

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Doctor said:

+1. They are behaving like precious little sooks, crying for mummy because the big bad policeman dared to touch them. It is hilarious.

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California Dreamer said:

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This is a key point. There are not many places outside of Australian that show such blind faith in their governments and their police forces. Clearly after their actions following the Occupy protests (as well as others in recent years) we show far too much faith in them.

Secondly those that say these people have no agenda or reason to be protesting need to have a look at the http://occupymelbourne.org/ website and gain an understanding of why these people are doing what they are doing. Outside of the uniquely Australian issues this is a campaign to raise the level of awareness of global issues among Australians along with being a show of solidarity for the plight of others less fortunate around the world.

Thirdly we need parts of society to get angry enough to hold protests such as these... seldom is any real change brought about by those that sit on their arses yelling 'get a haircut ya damn hippie'. The only time I am truly proud of Melburnians is when they show such rebellion.

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MickyD said:

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire....

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California Dreamer said:

Actually Voltaire never said that (excuse my pedantry).

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California Dreamer said:

The police exist solely to enforce the law. What law are people breaking by sitting around in a public space talking about issues that concern them? (Whether or not we agree with them is totally irrelevant).
If you are confortable with - and find funny - the idea that our politicians can unilaterally command the police to wield any level of force against people breaking no laws, without even bringing charges, perhaps you are best suited to a different form of government than democracy.

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