State of emergency and curfews, October 2019

[admin]

pinera,

I think you got a problem.

[admin]

hopefully this turns in to one of those good, ' where were you' moments; and, not one of those bad 'where were you moments'.

[at46]

What a venue for Pinera to come out and say - like Kennedy in Berlin in 1963 - Ich bin un Saqueador

with the virgin bachelet next to him.

OMG, I can just see it - they're standing high, back to back holding raised hands in the Christ pose, the two faces of Chile. Slowly turning for the cameras and then dancing cueca

[tiagoabner]

Fireworks popping at Plaza Italia dangerously low.

[tiagoabner]

Explosives next to 1 million people: what could go wrong?

[eeuunikkeiexpat]

Very impressed by the self-policing of the gathering, not one commie flag, like I said before, for these yung ones, it is beyond left and right.

[at46]

Now, who thinks this one will not be in all the international mass media tomorrow? Point being, this is what the organizers originally wanted, before the Chilean looters had their say. Now they have to push harder to placate the vandalism, and I gotta say they're doing a good job

[at46]

Very impressed by the self-policing of the gathering, not one commie flag, like I said before, for these yung ones, it is beyond left and right.

Notice also how the cameras quickly turn away from any fires people are burning, and the stress the commenters are putting on this being peaceful and bla

[fraggle092]

Very impressed by the self-policing of the gathering, not one commie flag, like I said before, for these yung ones, it is beyond left and right.

Maybe they were told to leave them at home.
One million people can be mistaken. Herdthink isn't always right...
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[at46]

Very impressed by the self-policing of the gathering, not one commie flag, like I said before, for these yung ones, it is beyond left and right.

Maybe they were told to leave them at home.
One million people can be mistaken. Herdthink isn't always right...
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mistaken.jpg

So where are we on this timeline? 1928 or?

[fraggle092]

Dont know. That wasn't my point. But if an advanced nation like Germany can be conned.....

[at46]

Dont know. That wasn't my point.

Then it's not a very salient point now, is it?