This is exactly the point, Richard. There certainly might be people at the protests who engage in more extreme behaviour, in the sense of 'monkeywrenching'- that is, attacking property. But I have lived here throughout the protests and not once have I heard of protesters attacking human beings. Their behaviour has been provoked in the extreme by the reaction of, in particular, private security personnel, who do classic 'dehumanising' (in the same vein that the garda statement, 'that crusty camp' quickly dehumanises anyone involved). The approach from the beginning has been utterly and absurdly confrontational. Has nothing been learnt from conflicting ideologies in the North? Jaw, Jaw, Jaw is better than war, war, war.
Lucy Bingham McAndrew
Posted on 9 Apr 2011 7:59 am
This is exactly the point, Richard. There certainly might be people at the protests who engage in more extreme behaviour, in the sense of 'monkeywrenching'- that is, attacking property. But I have lived here throughout the protests and not once have I heard of protesters attacking human beings. Their behaviour has been provoked in the extreme by the reaction of, in particular, private security personnel, who do classic 'dehumanising' (in the same vein that the garda statement, 'that crusty camp' quickly dehumanises anyone involved). The approach from the beginning has been utterly and absurdly confrontational. Has nothing been learnt from conflicting ideologies in the North? Jaw, Jaw, Jaw is better than war, war, war.