Killing in the name of?

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past week then you will have seen/ been/ heard of the protests on the G20 summit. You will have heard of the drastic measures taken out by the government to try and keep violence to a minimum (that is not including police violence of course). Closing tube stations, boarding up shops etc and the drafting in of three police forces for back up. As I heard someone say, it would have been a good day to rob Essex...

By craftily putting out a headline to the London Paper a couple of days before that London was on high terror alert, Gordon and his gang ensured the city was like a ghost town. A trip on the tube for me was almost enough to give me a small stroke, finding myself watching fellow passengers' every move.

So, there were two protests today, one for the banks and a later one to end the war on Gaza. After the harrowing pictures from the morning events, showing effigies of bankers being hung and printers been thrown out of the RBS' top floor windows by folk in balaclavas the afternoons efforts seemed rather pathetic. Now there isn't anything gained from violence but an eye witness (flat mate) said that the protesters on Regents Street, marching against the war on Gaza didn't seem to be too sure on what their aims were exactly. Anti war slogans turned into booing at a nearby McDonald's and the celebrity guest protester...every ones favourite hell raiser (ahem) Russel Brand shouted, 'revolution!' which to me seems rather not what that particular protest was about?

Protesters are still waiting around now and the sound of an overhead helicopter tells me that 'maximum' security is still ongoing. While the campers sleep rough, the bankers live in their lap of luxury. Is throwing a printer out of a window enough? Dare I say does Brand possibly have a point?...


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