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pictures of the riots going on in Greece. . .

Pictures I thought were compelling...
16) Students offering flowers to the riot police.
25) Mannequins burning. Wow. Very Hollywood like.
28)Crowd. Very good photograph. The selective DoF works quite well to display the "immense" feeling of all of this.

 
Riots. The apex of human mob mentality and chaos.

When the dust settles all you've accomplished is a ton of needless vandalism to your cities, merchants, and neighborhoods.

 
Did you notice the picture of them using the green lasers to attack riot police?

Police must have different restrictions there than they do here in the states. . .it seems like they'd be a lot more aggressive towards the violent protesters, especially the ones with moltov cocktails, etc.
 
wtf is wrong with people to cause that much damage over such a trivial issue? Yes, a policeman killed someone, likely by accident by the possibility exists that it was a completely deliberate murder.

But does that justify setting numerous people on fire and destroying cars and shops of people not involved and possibly ruining the livelihoods of those shop owners?
The mob mentality - while useful at times, though rarely - is a terrible human trait that is almost never justifiable.
 
On the night of Saturday, December 6th, two Special Guards of the Greek police clashed with a small group of young men. The exact details of what took place are still unclear, but it is known that one of the Guards fired three shots, and one of those bullets caused the death of 15-year-old Alexander Grigoropoulos - whether the injury was made by an accidental ricochet or deliberate shot remains to be determined. The two Guards are now in jail awaiting trial, the shooter charged with homicide. This incident sparked an immediate and widespread response in the form of angry demonstrations and riots in many Greek cities that have continued at varying levels to this day - though dimming in intensity recently. Alexander's death appears to have been a catalyst, unleashing widespread Greek anger towards many issues - police mistreatment of protesters, unwelcome education reforms, economic stagnation, government corruption and more.
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So a bunch of dbags were out causing trouble. Warning shots were fired by police and one of the bullets ricochet and killed one of the dbags, which gave even more dbags an excuse to start a massive riot. Why didn't they just call in the nation guard, declare martial law, and shoot anybody who's out in the street?
 
Originally posted by: vi edit
Riots. The apex of human mob mentality and chaos.

When the dust settles all you've accomplished is a ton of needless vandalism to your cities, merchants, and neighborhoods.
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Funny, democracy was born from riots.
 
Wow, time for the police to up the level of force. Throwing a molotov cocktail at a cop is grounds to shoot to kill. I don't care if it causes more problems. You can't just set men on fire, regardless of who they are.
 
Originally posted by: RichardE
Originally posted by: vi edit
Riots. The apex of human mob mentality and chaos.

When the dust settles all you've accomplished is a ton of needless vandalism to your cities, merchants, and neighborhoods.
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Funny, democracy was born from riots.
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Riots are different from revolutions.
 
Originally posted by: destrekor
wtf is wrong with people to cause that much damage over such a trivial issue? Yes, a policeman killed someone, likely by accident by the possibility exists that it was a completely deliberate murder.

But does that justify setting numerous people on fire and destroying cars and shops of people not involved and possibly ruining the livelihoods of those shop owners?
The mob mentality - while useful at times, though rarely - is a terrible human trait that is almost never justifiable.
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As I said earlier, a few things come into consideration.

The first, Greece is very pro-democracy and see protests/riots as part of the democratic process of change, as a population they also agree with protests. Greece also stated they are going to let this one "burn out" though that stance may be changing.

The riots occurred as a result of the shooting death, after weeks of so called "police brutality" on youths and students who were protesting at the lack of jobs due to the economy (which has hit Greece pretty hard).

The economy, loss of jobs, loss of money, police crackdown, everyone edge, and the final touch of police shooting a 15 year old is what caused this, added to the natural Greek apathy of protests and riots where they keep a hands off approach.
 
Originally posted by: vi edit
Originally posted by: RichardE
Originally posted by: vi edit
Riots. The apex of human mob mentality and chaos.

When the dust settles all you've accomplished is a ton of needless vandalism to your cities, merchants, and neighborhoods.
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Funny, democracy was born from riots.
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Riots are different from revolutions.
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They are only different from someones perspectives. I am sure the French and English elite looked down on the revolutionaries as rioters.
 
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Pictures I thought were compelling...
16) Students offering flowers to the riot police.
25) Mannequins burning. Wow. Very Hollywood like.
28)Crowd. Very good photograph. The selective DoF works quite well to display the "immense" feeling of all of this.
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You forgot one.

14) 5 of the 10 shields held by the police, are upside down 😉
 
Originally posted by: RichardE
Originally posted by: vi edit
Originally posted by: RichardE
Originally posted by: vi edit
Riots. The apex of human mob mentality and chaos.

When the dust settles all you've accomplished is a ton of needless vandalism to your cities, merchants, and neighborhoods.
Click to expand...

Funny, democracy was born from riots.
Click to expand...

Riots are different from revolutions.
Click to expand...

They are only different from someones perspectives. I am sure the French and English elite looked down on the revolutionaries as rioters.
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The French revolution was a blood bath. The American revolution was an order of magnitude different. I'm not saying that in a pro-American way, I'm saying that in an anti-'kill anything that could possibly be against us without regard for the innocent' sort of way. The people that got in charge of France after the revolution were significantly worse than the people they replaced. It took quite a while before they were deposed.
 
Originally posted by: CorCentral
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Pictures I thought were compelling...
16) Students offering flowers to the riot police.
25) Mannequins burning. Wow. Very Hollywood like.
28)Crowd. Very good photograph. The selective DoF works quite well to display the "immense" feeling of all of this.
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You forgot one.

14) 5 of the 10 shields held by the police, are upside down 😉
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That's only part true. Riot shields have a strap and a handle. Your arm goes through the strap and you grab the handle. If someone holds their baton in the left or right hand, you simply flip the shield upside down and the strap and handle is in the right spot.

You can also unscrew the strap and handle and switch them manually keeping the police logo "correct". For whatever reason, the police just did it the easy way.
 
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