Big. Brave. Men.
Hope they can sleep at night knowing they are so badassed.

Is she hawt?

Lambskincoat: jebusfreak: In all fairness, as a liberal. she was WEARING A FARKING TENT.

I call it the - "if what you're wearing is inappropriate, I get to rip it off"- rule.


Fair enough, I call it assault. If this shiat rolled then every teenage girl needs to look over her shoulder.

jebusfreak: In all fairness, as a liberal. she was WEARING A FARKING TENT.

Or alternately, she was in her underwear in a tent illegally camped on public property, with holes to stick her limbs out of.

It's a cleverly confusing situation. And I applaud her, up to the point where all this fake trauma drama starts. Surely she KNEW this was one way it was gonna go. She didn't wear street clothes underneath BECAUSE she wanted them taking her out of the tent to be this highly public problem. I think that's safe to assume, because there's not a lot of other reason to throw away your normal clothes when going into the tent suit. More than enough room there for normal clothes too.

So, this whole "shocked and basically sexually assaulted" thing is an act. Had my respect up until that point, too.

Jebus Slaves: Is she hawt?

Yes.

You know, I've gone through about 36 straight hours of just not caring about news or protestors or social issues because of trying to get personal shiat in order - but this brought the emotions roaring back. That poor lady...

Headline: police are forced to tear clothing from OWS protester

Article: POLICE have come under fire for stripping an Occupy Melbourne

"Like such as", subtard?

said it before and ill say it again.

Protesting doesn't work unless your an attention whore attempting to get media coverage where ever and when ever you can. Eff her she knew it was coming.....

Today we have costumed protesters stripped in Australia and in England they list peaceful Occupy London protesters as "domestic" terrorists. Link (Double Speak)

Orwell his rolling in his grave.

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snuff3r: Victorian police are the farking worst. Power-hungry, abusive assholes.

Cool. I guess you won't bother calling them in a time of need then. Good to know.

Me? I'm not sure the action taken in this instance is correct, but I don't know all the facts so I'll only say it seems excessive.

But I'll stop short of ridiculous, sweeping generic condemnation. You know, just in case I ever need the police and don't want to make myself look like a hypocritic idiot.

Awful

/hotlinked

When can we start killing these terrorists?

ArkAngel: namatad: ArkAngel: While I'm not sure this was necessary (having no knowledge of the situation), I feel this is somewhat disingenuous on the part of the protestors. It's akin to trying to get around a ban on signs somewhere by wearing a pair of placards over your shoulders and declaring it a shirt

so?

and what the fark is a ban on signs?
in what free country are signs banned?

If you have a problem with someone wearing a sign you really need to rethink your life.

I don't have a problem with it. What I did was something called a "hypothetical example".

That still wouldn't justify ripping the signs off the person and leaving them half-naked on the grass.

Longtooth: That still wouldn't justify ripping the signs off the person and leaving them half-naked on the grass.

How about lulz? Do the lulz justify ripping the signs off the person and leaving them half-naked on the grass?

That video had a disappointing amount of bra and panties in it.

/F the police

ArkAngel: While I'm not sure this was necessary (having no knowledge of the situation), I feel this is somewhat disingenuous on the part of the protestors. It's akin to trying to get around a ban on signs somewhere by wearing a pair of placards over your shoulders and declaring it a shirt

Here in NC there are laws requiring permits for signs mounted in or on the ground. There's no restrictions on what you can put on the side of a vehicle though (as long as it's not obscene), so some companies put their logo or ad on the side of a truck and park it in front of their shop. There are even purpose-built trucks with the bodies designed as billboards that drive around with ads on them. You don't see the sign police running around ripping those signs off the trucks even though it's clear why they are using them.

DrBenway: mjno7: snuff3r: Victorian police are the farking worst. Power-hungry, abusive assholes.

Cool. I guess you won't bother calling them in a time of need then. Good to know.

Me? I'm not sure the action taken in this instance is correct, but I don't know all the facts so I'll only say it seems excessive.

But I'll stop short of ridiculous, sweeping generic condemnation. You know, just in case I ever need the police and don't want to make myself look like a hypocritic idiot.


Yes, because after all, snarky idiot looks much better on you.

I don't disagree with you, but is my comment any less snarky than the one I replied to in the first place? I like the cut of your jib, I'm sure you'll answer me honestly.

For Christ's sake, this has NOTHING to do with SIGNS or free speech. These protestors were told they couldn't have TENTS, because the authorities didn't want them camping overnight. The woman cut a couple holes in her tent, and stood there claiming it was a dress. The police then went in and collected all the tents, including the one she was "wearing". Trust me, if you are ever in a position where the police are evicting you from a house, they will act no different. You get *one chance* to get dressed and grab your sh*t, and if you don't, they simply carry/drag you outside while the locksmith changes the locks.

I was wondering where the Occupy Melbourne protesters had b*ggered off to.
The best thing about them cluttering Flagstaff Gardens is that they are no longer cluttering Treasury Gardens.

Zebulon: Trust me, waaarrrgaaaarrrrblll


Sorry... i'd rather not go dere...

Possession within tent to distribute?

So the OWS protestors have gotten beyond trying to accomplish anything important and have gone full retard now? Their big deal is some Attention-seeking girl decides to call her tent a dress so she can circumvent some rules and it doesn't work out for her? They have turned into PETA for real now. Next up they'll start protesting stores for selling things at a profit.

If it's a woman who got stripped in public, it's "Sexual Assault!".
If it's a man who got stripped in public, it's "Disarming Him of Potential Lethal Weapons".

mjno7: Cool. I guess you won't bother calling them in a time of need then. Good to know.

Well, what good does it really do you? What's the situation you could be in where having a couple of bored fat guys show up and write a report an hour or two later is actually going to help you?

Mad_Flyer: Zebulon: Trust me, waaarrrgaaaarrrrblll


Sorry... i'd rather not go dere...

Ok, so maybe I didn't explain things in small enough words for you to understand. If you are somewhere you are not allowed to be, the police can use whatever non-lethal force they deem necessary to remove you. Even if that location is inside of a tent you are "wearing".

She is lucky they didn't pepper spray her first.

Zebulon: Mad_Flyer: Zebulon: Trust me, waaarrrgaaaarrrrblll


Sorry... i'd rather not go dere...

Ok, so maybe I didn't explain things in small enough words for you to understand. If you are somewhere you are not allowed to be, the police can use whatever non-lethal force they deem necessary to remove you. Even if that location is inside of a tent you are "wearing".

She is lucky they didn't pepper spray her first.

Police abuse apologists will the first ones up against the wall.

ArkAngel: While I'm not sure this was necessary (having no knowledge of the situation), I feel this is somewhat disingenuous on the part of the protestors. It's akin to trying to get around a ban on signs somewhere by wearing a pair of placards over your shoulders and declaring it a shirt

I sort of agree in the sense that it was probably meant to be provocative. Obviously provocation is the point of protest, and I'm not saying that the police should have done that but I don't think it is as shocking as say cops doing something to someone who was wholly minding their own business.

On the other hand, I think the provocation was maybe lessened by the fact that it was actually humorous so the cops should have just seen it as funny and let it go. I mean it is pretty funny. Then again most cops don't like my jokes while they're trying to write up my tickets.

It looks like the situation degenerated in the way it does when you're disciplining your kids and they keep pushing it -- like you tell them not to touch each other and so they just get up really, really close. Technically they didn't break the rule, and technically you shouldn't lose your cool about it, but there is something about the attitude (again provocation) that naturally escalates the situation.

I'm actually disappointed at the protester getting all upset about it. I mean if you're protesting, if you're mocking the rules, then I think you'd have the fortitude to take something like that in stride.

yeah i really can't imagine why it would be necessary to wear a tent, nor why it would be necessary to stop someone from wearing one. i'm glad that my life is not on either side of the tent-clothing dispute, because it's hard to see where either of them are coming from.

/also, apparently, not all red-haired aussie lasses bear any resemblance to nicole kidman, in that you'd want to rip their tent off...

I'm not an apologist, I am a realist. I'm not saying cops necessarily *should* have that kind of authority, but they do. If you go against it, you shouldn't act all surprised when your world gets farked up. You want to change things, talk to your congressmen, start a petition, vote in a new politician who agrees with you, whatever it takes and get the law changed.

Going head to head with the police when the laws are on *their* side is just going to get you hurt.

Id like to know where the line is drawn. How does it go from " we have to remove all these tents" to " we have to strip this girl for wearing a tent". I mean, had it been a big ole fat lady in a mumu, would that have qualified? I don't see them stripping the overweight....