Artist gets beaten by Greek anarchists

[Zoid]

wtf??

The British electronic music duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith aka Underworld have been forced to cancel their set at the Ejekt Festival in Athens, Greece last Saturday. Around 30 Greek masked anarchists apparently armed with CS gas, iron bars and baseball bats stormed the stadium while the Beastie Boys were performing. Rick Smith was also attacked and suffered injuries after which he was taken to a nearby Athens hospital. It's not unusual in Greece that anarchists cause an uproar. Underworld are currently finishing their fifth studio album, "Oblivion with Bells, expected to be released in October of 2007. A single from the new album should be released in summer 2007.

[Ramo]

[Winston]

They seem to have totally lost their marbles.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Winston
They seem to have totally lost their marbles.

That was great, Dane.

[BeBMan]

Re: Artist gets beaten by Greek anarchists

Originally posted by Zoid
wtf??

Any hint *why* they stormed into that festival? Doesn't seem like a usual target for such attacks (even if the quote says "not unusual" for them to cause trouble) to me......so WTF indeed.

[lord of the mark]

nm, not funny enough

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Winston
They seem to have totally lost their marbles.

[Zoid]

Re: Re: Artist gets beaten by Greek anarchists

Originally posted by BeBro


Any hint *why* they stormed into that festival? Doesn't seem like a usual target for such attacks (even if the quote says "not unusual" for them to cause trouble) to me......so WTF indeed.

No explanations to why. The attack was apparently unprovoked...

[Varwnos]

I do not watch the news much, however i remember something about this particular story.
The target was not the artist; greek police lately has been plagued by an endless series of scandals either involving incompetence against anarchists/other criminals, or unprovoked use of excessive force.

And shouldnt the correct title format have been:
"artist agressor beaten by evil greek anarchists"? For a moment you made me think i was not in the apolyton forums...

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Winston
They seem to have totally lost their marbles.

[General Ludd]

If the people doing this where anarchists, there must of been a political motivation behind the act. The report doesn't give one, so either the report is not giving all information, or is incorrectly using the term anarchist, or - most likely - both.

[Varwnos]

'Anarchist' is a term used very loosely by greek media so as to describe any group of people in a riot. Due to unfortunate, dated and hopefully abolished in the near-future laws which protect the university asylum (which is being exploited by groups of hulligans who retreat inside the campus) there are nearly ceremonial-like such incidents twice a year, at rellevant anniversaries (eg the fall of the cue).
However those idiots rioting have nothing to do with political entities. They are a legacy of corrupt governing, along with all other shortcommings of the society as a whole. They should be treated as common criminals and locked up in jail.

[Kuciwalker]

If the people doing this where anarchists, there must of been a political motivation behind the act.

No.

[Last Conformist]

Kuci's grasp of elementary logic is admirable.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

If the people doing this where anarchists, there must of been a political motivation behind the act.

No.

Sorry, I forgot I was at apolyton. I will put my pedantry hat on.


If these people where anarchists, and their being anarchists is related to the action - as labeling them as such in a report of the action would seem to indicate - then there must of been a political motiviation behind the act. For example, when someone kills their wife for cheating on them, the papers do not read "Capitalist kills wife"