on your first point, I wonder: are the Greek authorities worried about the strain (I actually first typed "stain"!) on the ability of the police to effectively fight real crime while hundreds or thousands of its force are dedicated to the violent assault of peaceful protesters? They oughta be. But that's not the protesters' problem.
on your first point, I wonder: are the Greek authorities worried about the strain (I actually first typed "stain"!) on the ability of the police to effectively fight real crime while hundreds or thousands of its force are dedicated to the violent assault of peaceful protesters?
They oughta be. But that's not the protesters' problem.
Another problem is that police then know that they are relied on in that way in that situation, then they get to think that they have licence in other situations. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
In retrospect, it seems like the former law was always guarding against days like the last few, while the get-out-of-jail-free card is curiously now employed AGAINST democracy. These are wild extremes for a democratic society.
This is one of the biggest reasons why European and Greek leaders need to stop and think about how they've polluted the body politic much worse than it has ever been since the days of the junta.
The only saving grace so far is that the Greek people are more united.
