The GUTS of some people.

[Bereta_Eder]

As all of you don't know propably, there is a "neo fascist" (or "neo racist", anyway something new and very bad) group in Greece.

Its name is Hrysi Auyi (=Golden Dawn) and it has a newspaper and everything. It could be paraleled to a certain degree with Belgium's Vlaams Blok (without the separationist propaganda).

There very few members, although it exists for quite some time.

The problem is that they are somewhat "active". I've only seen them twice. Once in the subway where they were distributing some propagandist pamphlets (some years ago) and the other time it was on TV.

They had a march at night in a central square of Athens. They were very few.

In any case they had these kinds of flags (which I don't know what they are and I don't relly want to know).

Now they were marching and a young guy with long hair steps out of nowhere and gets RIGHT THERE in the middle of them, grabs one flag and tried to tear it in front of them.


If this is not GUTS I don't know what it is.
They attacked him and beat him up before the police could arrive and rescue him.

But even when the police had dragged him away from them, he returned got the flag and again tried to tear it up.
He was again beaten and again saved by the police which after that stayed a while between him and them.


GUTS my friends...

[David Floyd]

Sounds like he was destroying private property of a political group which was exercising its freedom - you'll excuse me if I feel little sympathy for the guy

[loinburger]

Sounds like he was destroying private property of a political group which was exercising its freedom - you'll excuse me if I feel little sympathy for the guy

[Bereta_Eder]

in american terms that would be a guy who steps in a KKK march, grabs their flag and tries to tear it up.

[Skanky Burns]

Crazy bastard...

[David Floyd]

paiktis, anyone who destroys the private property of the KKK will not get my support, either.

[Thoth]

I admire his spirit, if not his wisdom.

[Ecthy]

That's not guts, it's stupidity. But someone has to do it to show the people what they should be doing altogether.

[mactbone]

It's stupid, as long as the protest was legal he had no right to do that. The only person he was hurting was himself. Then, the group beat him up, which was just as stupid. Everyone involved should be taken to trial.

[KrazyHorse]

Don't be silly. The ****wits were exercising their right to be ****wits. The guy with long hair was expressing his displeasure at their ****wittedness. They then expressed their displeasure at his displeasure.

[orange]

does he have guts, yes. But i gotta go with DF on this one. They have a right to free speech, no matter what that message is, so long as they don't directly infringe on the rights of others. They didn't have a right to beat him up, but then again, he didn't have the right to rip their flag. If it was his own flag that he bought/brought to the rally, than he should have been able to do that without consequence as well.

I suppose you wouldn't know about those details, paitkis?

[Grrr]

Next time, use a lighter. It's more fun that way, and more effective.

[KrazyHorse]

Oh, and I've been to more than one rally where things got slightly "physical". Nobody cares as long as it doesn't get too out of hand. The cops should (and often do) know better than to start arresting people left and right, because that's what turns protests into riots.

[Hueij]

Sounds like he was destroying private property of a political group which was exercising its freedom - you'll excuse me if I feel little sympathy for the guy

Floyd, Floyd, Floyd.. Is this the same argument you used when you justified the expulsion of the American Indians from their lands? If so, are you sure this political group had documents that proved they owned the flag?

Anyways, don't answer, this post is just meant to test my avatar

[KrazyHorse]

They have a right to free speech, no matter what that message is, so long as they don't directly infringe on the rights of others

Somebody starts sieg heiling me I'm more likely than not going to pop him one. Too bad for whoever tries it.