And are then insulted for it.
"Calm is the unusual order of the day at protests in Greece" December 02, 2011|By Nicholas Paphitis, Associated Press
ATHENS - As 20,000 Greeks marched yesterday in central Athens against government cutbacks, one key element of most Greek protests was lacking - violence.
What, all the agent provocateurs outed or not sent?
Apart from one thrown petrol bomb and a smashed car, calm reigned at two separate protests in the capital during the first general strike under Greece’s new technocratic coalition government.
Nope, couple were deployed.
Riots during strikes have almost become the norm in the country that kicked off Europe’s massive debt crisis. Greece is crippled by debt, facing record unemployment, and heading into a fourth year of recession. Most of its people are outraged over repeated pay and pension cuts and tax hikes.
People are the same all over.
Greece’s fellow eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund demanded the austerity program in return for rescue loans that have shielded the country from bankruptcy since May 2010....
Most of yesterday’s protesters were Communist-linked unionists, who seldom seek violent confrontation with police. And a relatively small turnout at the other demonstration, held by the country’s two biggest labor unions, left-wing parties, and anarchists, would deter rioters who use large crowds to dodge police retribution.
But the simplest explanation may be that anarchists - often spoiling for a fight with police - were not in the mood for trouble, while riot control squads kept a low profile....
Meaning the intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement called off the disruptive and disparaging operatives.
Ilias Vrettakos, deputy leader of the main civil servants’ ADEDY union, said Greeks have been cowed by arguments that the only alternative to austerity is bankruptcy, and suggested that workers who have suffered repeated pay cuts may be loath to lose another day’s wages to go on strike.
Aren't those FIGHTING WORDS to the PROUD GREEK PEOPLE?
Sure as hell looks like an INSULT to ME!
“They are creating a situation that can no longer be tolerated, can no longer be endured. Unfortunately, people are in a state somewhere between poverty and despair,’’ said ADEDY general secretary Ilias Iliopoulos.
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Then the Globe's coverage went that way because it fasted and died.
