Comments on: Twatty protestors http://sim-o.me.uk/2009/04/twatty-protestors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twatty-protestors a small column from page 24 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sim-O http://sim-o.me.uk/2009/04/twatty-protestors/#comment-422 Sim-O Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:18:16 +0000 http://sim-o.me.uk/?p=1388#comment-422 Fair enough. But when I see masks at protests I just wonder what they're up to. It's one thing to keep a low profile, not draw attention to yourself, but to actively hide who you are...? To use an online comparison, you use a pseudonym, as do most people. That isn't because your doing or intending to break the law, it's just so your name isn't splattered across the internet for whatever reason. A name is a name. But once you start to actively hide, by using proxies, masks, and the like, then the question has to be raised, why? Fair enough. But when I see masks at protests I just wonder what they’re up to.

It’s one thing to keep a low profile, not draw attention to yourself, but to actively hide who you are…?

To use an online comparison, you use a pseudonym, as do most people. That isn’t because your doing or intending to break the law, it’s just so your name isn’t splattered across the internet for whatever reason. A name is a name. But once you start to actively hide, by using proxies, masks, and the like, then the question has to be raised, why?

]]> By: septicisle http://sim-o.me.uk/2009/04/twatty-protestors/#comment-421 septicisle Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:46:36 +0000 http://sim-o.me.uk/?p=1388#comment-421 Why shouldn't they wear masks? The police policy is to photograph everyone, regardless of what they're doing or whether they have any intention of causing any trouble, and as a result the mask is becoming even more fashionable. Then again, I suppose if you've got nothing to hide you've got nothing to fear, right? Why shouldn’t they wear masks? The police policy is to photograph everyone, regardless of what they’re doing or whether they have any intention of causing any trouble, and as a result the mask is becoming even more fashionable. Then again, I suppose if you’ve got nothing to hide you’ve got nothing to fear, right?

]]> By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill http://sim-o.me.uk/2009/04/twatty-protestors/#comment-420 Daniel Hoffmann-Gill Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:38:29 +0000 http://sim-o.me.uk/?p=1388#comment-420 Massive twats. Fuck 'em. Massive twats.

Fuck ‘em.

]]> By: Darren http://sim-o.me.uk/2009/04/twatty-protestors/#comment-419 Darren Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:15:47 +0000 http://sim-o.me.uk/?p=1388#comment-419 I've been cracking this joke this the Poll Tax Riots. "In terms of crowd control, the police just need to throw some bars of soap at them. That'll make those freeloading, soap dodgers scarper..." Mind you, remember the days of the water cannon? Why don't cops use the water cannon anymore? I would whoop in delight to see these twats being shot all over the place by a jet of icy cold water...and them crying for their mummy. I’ve been cracking this joke this the Poll Tax Riots.

“In terms of crowd control, the police just need to throw some bars of soap at them. That’ll make those freeloading, soap dodgers scarper…”

Mind you, remember the days of the water cannon? Why don’t cops use the water cannon anymore? I would whoop in delight to see these twats being shot all over the place by a jet of icy cold water…and them crying for their mummy.

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