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Given that when there are any anti government protests in other countries we stick our noses in and send jets in etc do you think it's right that as we are having mass anti government protests that countries such as Libya can bomb our air defences and call for our government to step down?
dave9 said:
Given that when there are any anti government protests in other countries we stick our noses in and send jets in etc do you think it's right that as we are having mass anti government protests that countries such as China can bomb our air defences and call for our government to step down?
Not yet, but we have set the precedentdave9 said:
Given that when there are any anti government protests in other countries we stick our noses in and send jets in etc do you think it's right that as we are having mass anti government protests that countries such as Libya can bomb our air defences and call for our government to step down?
Only if the government order the army to target the protesters.I wouldn't have said that the anti-government protests in Britain are anywhere near as serious as the protests in the Middle East. The protesters here are champagne socialists and the great unwashed who have nothing of any substance to say, but want to shout about it to anyone who'll listen; the protesters in the Middle East are ordinary people fighting despotic dictators for their right to liberty. On that basis, I'd say that nobody would have any grounds for telling our government to stand down, especially despotic dictators.
obviously my question was a little silly but i think we should concentrate on ourselves and NOT stick our noses into other countries problems.
how would we feel if jets started flying overhead bombing our government buildings.
seems to be one rule for us and another for them.
our protests seem to be far worse in numbers than I have seen in countries such as Libya etc.
how would we feel if jets started flying overhead bombing our government buildings.
seems to be one rule for us and another for them.
our protests seem to be far worse in numbers than I have seen in countries such as Libya etc.
paddyhasneeds said:
But that's because we're free to protest. Some will use terms like "Police State" but we really don't know what it means.
good point, but surely the fact that people are protesting mean they are unhappy with this government. Personally i'm happy but if they are protesting doesn't that mean change needs to come about as we said it did in egypt and libya?dave9 said:
obviously my question was a little silly but i think we should concentrate on ourselves and NOT stick our noses into other countries problems.
how would we feel if jets started flying overhead bombing our government buildings.
seems to be one rule for us and another for them.
our protests seem to be far worse in numbers than I have seen in countries such as Libya etc.
Our Government isn't killing huge numbers of people. Nor are they shelling central London from the shires either.how would we feel if jets started flying overhead bombing our government buildings.
seems to be one rule for us and another for them.
our protests seem to be far worse in numbers than I have seen in countries such as Libya etc.
If our Government was behaving in such a way, I have no problems for France or anyone else coming to the aid of our people.
dave9 said:
paddyhasneeds said:
But that's because we're free to protest. Some will use terms like "Police State" but we really don't know what it means.
good point, but surely the fact that people are protesting mean they are unhappy with this government. Personally i'm happy but if they are protesting doesn't that mean change needs to come about as we said it did in egypt and libya?We do have a democracy, it's by no means perfect but it mostly works and we're not Libya or Egypt where until now 95% of the country could be against the government but if they tried to voice it the answer would be bullets, tank shells, or if you were lucky a rubber hose in the basement of a Police Station.
Mermaid said:
paddyhasneeds said:
But that's because we're free to protest. Some will use terms like "Police State" but we really don't know what it means.
I agree, however how would the Police deal with a Poll tax type "riot" today.dave9 said:
Given that when there are any anti government protests in other countries we stick our noses in and send jets in etc do you think it's right that as we are having mass anti government protests that countries such as Libya can bomb our air defences and call for our government to step down?
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