and the protesters and being hosed down by water cannon my mate les says they should also throw them a bar of soap. What do you think?
2006-12-22 17:15:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Sorry paul my views are on the left of the specrum, the person who said this to me was a so called work collegue who views were diametrically opposed to mine, but i still found it funny even though i didn't agree with it.
2006-12-22 17:25:49 · update #1
Most people are of the opinion that anybody who attends a protest should be at work, so if they're on a protest march or demo, why aren't they - and then, if they're not working, it is automatically assumed that they are amongst the "great unwashed", therefore add some soap to the water cannon. It's an easy path to walk!
2006-12-22 20:51:58 · answer #1 · answered by nosmo king 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These kinds of comments are O.K. until you are forced into the position that you must make a protest. I never went on any protest marches and I was a teenager in the 60's. However I felt I had to make some kind of protest against Britains involvement in Iraq and went on the massive demo a few years ago.
The comment also paints protestors as dirty and unwashed; the people on the demo I was on were just; well people but not at all dirty.
2006-12-22 18:17:04 · answer #2 · answered by davee52uk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they should plump up the water with Happy Juice. Then the protesters can spray some back on those who are cussing them out!
2006-12-22 19:50:18 · answer #3 · answered by Christine H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not worth getting in a lather about, cos it's a very weak joke. As long as you think our leaders are right all the time, and never perpetrate any kind of injustice, then do ridicule protesters, because you yourself will never need to protest about anything.
2006-12-22 17:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Or they could put some detergent in the cannon's watertanks, the way we do in our cars' washer-bottles.
Douglas Adams was right - never go anywhere without your towel.
2006-12-22 17:29:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why stop there, why not put some gasoline in the cannon.
2006-12-22 18:14:39 · answer #6 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think that it would be funny if every one striped off to wash wouldent you?
then the police would have to arrest thm all for indesent exposure!
2006-12-22 17:34:39 · answer #7 · answered by witheringtonkeith 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Good idea
2006-12-22 18:07:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that you are an ignorant person with no understanding of politics or democracy.
2006-12-22 17:18:30 · answer #9 · answered by Oldbeard 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
great idea !
2006-12-22 17:17:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋