23-02-2009, 17:00
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Summer of rage?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7905172.stm
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Police are preparing to face a "summer of rage" in the UK as people join protests over the economic downturn, says a senior Met Police officer.
"Known activists" were likely to foment unrest, with the recession creating more "footsoldiers" to join them, Supt David Hartshorn told the Guardian.
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A likely problem or media scaremongering to get a good headline?
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23-02-2009, 17:09
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Re: Summer of rage?
It would be like Cable Forum in real life..
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23-02-2009, 17:10
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Re: Summer of rage?
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More like media scarmongering leading to problems. The more that hits the headlines the more people begin to panic. You only have to look at the fuel crisis a while back.
The media take problems and magninfy them 100% in my opinion and cause even more problems.
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23-02-2009, 17:11
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Re: Summer of rage?
Well at the moment the media is obsessed with linking anything it possibly can to the recession, almost every day there is another trend they claim is a result of the recession with little or no basis for that.
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23-02-2009, 17:15
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Re: Summer of rage?
I think May 1st will be a good indication of how things will go.
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23-02-2009, 17:22
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Re: Summer of rage?
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I think May 1st will be a good indication of how things will go.
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Ooh thats a Friday this year
(Not that it matters for a big chunk of the hordes of crusties that usually cause issues at these events)
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23-02-2009, 22:19
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Re: Summer of rage?
Winter of discontent? Summer of rage? Whatever happened to the Spring of Suffering?.....
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23-02-2009, 22:20
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Re: Summer of rage?
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23-02-2009, 22:29
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Re: Summer of rage?
Damn those animal rights activists setting the infected chimp free 
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23-02-2009, 23:35
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Re: Summer of rage?
can't wait ..hav'nt had a decent summer of rage in ages
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24-02-2009, 01:23
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Re: Summer of rage?
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I think May 1st will be a good indication of how things will go.
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Um, ok, Whats special about May 1st ?
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24-02-2009, 02:10
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Re: Summer of rage?
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Um, ok, Whats special about May 1st ?
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May day or the workers day has a tradition of riots, think we have had major incidents in 1999, 2000 and 2001........
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24-02-2009, 08:21
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Re: Summer of rage?
Police scaremongering, I think. The police have, of course, far more resources and far more generous laws available to 'control' demonstrations than in 1991, so they're getting their hit in early.
I'm surprised there haven't been major demonstrations yet, but then this is Britain. The French were straight out, of course.
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24-02-2009, 08:33
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Re: Summer of rage?
personally I think we should publicly string up a few fat cat bosses & bankers.
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24-02-2009, 08:45
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Re: Summer of rage?
Not to mention politicians eh.... You know, the ones supposed to be in charge of UK PLC.....
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