Off Topic Politics Thread

The tricky bit is what can replace it? Martial Law is over-rated, so how about letting the Anarchists have a go?

 

Certain factions in Cromwell's army had some interesting ideas, before a collective loss of nerve caused the monarchy to invited back in. I expect something like that'll happen again.

 

I would prefer anarchy than Boris-led totalitarianism.

 

Let's be havin' some

 

How prescient of the Russian government to record video about the evacuations following the 'attacks' in Donetsk two days before they occurred:



Just in case there was any doubt that they're manufacturing a casus belli here.

 

Yep, all about public health

 

130000 votes cast, making it a decent sized poll. Looks like the people’s will is to rejoin the EU.

 

Yeah just saying
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/ian-miles-cheong-malaysia/

 

Cheong is outraged by that level of police violence (which likely wasn't necessary but doesn't exactly constitute "brutalizing"), but has been generally pretty supportive of police doing far worse in the past:




The link is to a video of people...saying words to guys in full riot gear. Unarmed.

 

No surprise there.

 

Also a RT - Russia Today feature

 

Given who i would normally have in mind as listeners to that station I’d say close to a 50 point lead for remain is a surprise

 

Two weeks to flatten the curve:

 

When it’s a video like that, does it matter what the source is? Clearly that’s Ottowa, clearly it’s unacceptable

 

I couldn’t help but think the same

 

Agreed, there has to be a better way to clear the streets.

 

History of systematic racism and violence from the Canadian police. It's a problem in many forces.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/14/canada-systemic-racism-history?

 

Reports that children are being used by protesters. Lot of wrongs going on here no rights.
Cindy Blackstock, head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.

 

Were the children not there beforehand? And then it became “police action”. I’d call that slightly dishonest framing.

Now perhaps this criticism was raised ages ago when children were first noted there

 

The presence of children has been previously reported and, so far as I understand, notice of police action was given by tweets and leaflets. Not a good place for kids.