Liberal_in_LA
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Mon Nov-28-11 01:59 PM
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"linking arms is no longer defined as non-violent protest", listening to UC regents meeting |
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Edited on Mon Nov-28-11 02:06 PM by Liberal_in_LA
Students are speaking now. One just said that the definition of non-violent protest at UC campuses was amended to remove linking of arms. UC board meeting live here: http://california.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2LAPD guarding meeting today.
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:00 PM
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1. Next up: Protesting itself is by definition not non-violent. nt. |
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:06 PM
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2. ..but the police...they are non-violent, right? |
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:14 PM
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3. As long as they don't hold hands |
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:18 PM
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4. they need to appeal this and in the meantime find another more clever way to link |
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:35 PM
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5. I've got it: Linky the Pinky |
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:37 PM
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6. They don't need to appeal anything. They need to call it out as bullshit |
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Mon Nov-28-11 03:20 PM
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12. +1 - we're neck-deep in this kind of BS now. How soon before we all drown in it? |
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Mon Nov-28-11 03:22 PM
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Unreal that it has come to this. :crazy:
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:39 PM
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When presented with a forceful action, you can try to be a wall, or you can try to be a cloud. You can break a wall with a hammer. You can't break a cloud.
Part, disperse, curl, reform, flow. Be a cloud.
If there is space, when pushed, yield the focus point of the force, turn and flow back into the space that the pusher has just vacated.
If there is not space to yield sideways, yield downwards, if possible. Let the focus of the force pass above you. Crouch and hold your place. Move forward, when possible, as the force passes above you. This could involve someone falling over you and getting irritated, but it's still passive.
Just some thoughts.
Cheers,
MemeSmith
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Eric J in MN
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:41 PM
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8. The student was probably referring to a remark by the UC Berkely chancellor |
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==== "It is unfortunate that some protesters chose to obstruct the police by linking arms and forming a human chain to prevent the police from gaining access to the tents. This is not non-violent civil disobedience," (Robert) Birgeneau said in a letter. http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/uc-berkeley-police-dispute-non-violent-protest-cla/nFn65/=====
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:46 PM
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9. Robert Birgeneau is a piece of shit. -eom |
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Mon Nov-28-11 03:24 PM
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14. He must have missed the part in the video where Sargent Pepper Spray steps |
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right over the students. "Obstruct" must have a different meaning in his dictionary, not to mention "non-violent." What an ass.
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Mon Nov-28-11 03:28 PM
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15. The UC Berkeley cops clubbed students. |
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The UC Davis cops, a week later, pepper-sprayed students.
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Mon Nov-28-11 03:33 PM
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16. My mistake. I still stand by my belief that his definition of |
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"non-violent" cannot be found in any dictionary but the one in his head.
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Mon Nov-28-11 03:35 PM
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17. Defense is offensive and offense is defensive... |
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gee, have we ever left the Bush Administration?
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Mon Nov-28-11 02:53 PM
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10. Sit ins. What happened to them? |
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Sit in the administration building.
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Mon Nov-28-11 04:37 PM
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19. As in...really sit in... |
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Mon Nov-28-11 03:35 PM
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No linking arms! No loud voices! No walking! No sitting!
No honking! No profanity! No questions ! No press allowed!
Police states were supposed to be fiction. nt kick
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