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it looks like the police are using far more than a proportional amount of force, and it does look quite outrageous. However, the police actually doing their job is not outrageous. Their refusal to do it would be.

er, hello?

 it's outrageous how they're 'doing their job'
 and it'd be outrageous if they did no job at all.

if the protest was non-violent, where is there any justification for the police to set such a bad example?

one incident would be worrying, the fact that this is rapidly becoming a global pattern even more so.

starvid, isn't this 'doublethink'?

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 05:23:07 AM EST
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if the protest was non-violent, where is there any justification for the police to set such a bad example?

That's what I said.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 05:24:11 AM EST
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It seems we are in the minority. According to a poll made by the Danish State Radio, 27% think the police acted in too brutal a way, while 54% think they did not.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 07:11:29 AM EST
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Source?

The figures I saw said that 27 % thought that the police should not have abducted the refugees. Which is a rather different question.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 07:27:35 AM EST
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I målingen siger 54 procent, at nattens politiaktion mod irakerne var i orden, mens 27 procent mener, at den var for voldsom.

Source.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.
by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 07:35:01 AM EST
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"Pollsters deny the phone servey was skewed by including the number 112 from most towns in the polled area"

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Fri Aug 14th, 2009 at 07:30:12 AM EST
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