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Old 03-18-2009, 09:58 AM   #77
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Originally Posted by nik- View Post
I don't care either way for or against the protests, but why are these people seriously screaming things like "shame on the police, they should be arresting him"

Really protesters? The Calgary Police should be dealing with war criminals?
I agree, I'm all for demonstrations but a lot of the time they come off like complete uneducated morons. No one's going to listen to you if you don't raise a strong point in a somewhat reasonable way.

Funny, I used to have a lot more sympathy for "protesters" until I moved to Vancouver and witnessed the stupidity of many of them first hand.

Its too bad, because demonstrations have a pretty important history in the development of our society and other democracies. I think they need to become better at managing their PR, and maybe they'll be taken more seriously.
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