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Title: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: twyacht on October 23, 2011, 03:42:42 PM
Seems G'Day and F-off was how police removed the Occupy Melbourne Crowd.... They were given a choice though....

The Easy Way,...

or

The Hard Way,...

Guess how it went? ::) Great photos with funny captions. The Aussie's do love their humor...

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/timblair/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/all_we_are_saying_is_give_police_a_chance/

Tim Blair
Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 04:10pm
 
Andrew Rule reports from yesterday’s de-Occupation of Melbourne:

    The Battle of City Square wasn’t quite over but the result was never in doubt when a quiet policeman dropped a comment that said it all.

    “Now they know we mean it,” he mused, munching a sandwich after hours of riding herd on the rag-tag coalition of protesters camped in the square.

    “No more Christine Nixon stuff.”

For which we are deeply grateful. Highlights from the big hippie toss:  ;D

(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/occupy11.jpg)
This approach to resisting did not last long.. ;)

(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/occupy4.jpg)
Never bring a poodle to a Police Fight...

(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/occupy7.jpg)
The Atomic Wedgie Squad..

(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/occupy8.jpg)
Nice nail polish.

(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/occupy10.jpg)
Let him at least finish his haircut.

****

Yep, doesn't matter what country or city, they are "just like" those Tea Party folks.... ;)

Have to save these for my grand-kids... ::)

More pics at link...Comment section is funny.

Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Ichiban on October 23, 2011, 04:05:15 PM
Interesting that the Police are in standard utilities and ball caps.  I bet the NYPD (or whoever) will be in full riot gear when taking out the trash.  It also kind of looked like there more cops (and onlookers) than "protesters."
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: jnevis on October 24, 2011, 06:51:59 AM
Quote from: twyacht on October 23, 2011, 03:42:42 PM
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/occupy7.jpg)
The Atomic Wedgie Squad..

That one needs to be in the Motivational Posters thread!!!!!
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Pathfinder on October 24, 2011, 07:16:57 AM
Quote from: twyacht on October 23, 2011, 03:42:42 PM
(http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm182/twyacht/occupy7.jpg)
The Atomic Wedgie Squad..

Are you sure that's a wedgie the protester is getting? I mean, that cop at the far left does seem to be enjoying himself, and does look just a trifle fey, if you get my meaning . . . ..   :o   ::) 

Ah, well, all for Queen and Country, right, Mates? ? ? ? ? ?
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Solus on October 24, 2011, 11:08:32 AM
Haven't heard from our Lads over there....hope they weren't corralled in the round up   ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Timothy on October 24, 2011, 11:10:11 AM
Where are the Aussie cops sidearms?  Don't they carry a gun down there?
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Solus on October 24, 2011, 11:34:06 AM
Quote from: Timothy on October 24, 2011, 11:10:11 AM
Where are the Aussie cops sidearms?  Don't they carry a gun down there?

Might be that when working a 'non-violent' crowd control assignment where they are going to be in close contact with the perps, they might stash their weapons so retention is not a consideration.  If this is the case, I'd bet there are backups not involved in the up-close-and-personal work who are armed.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: fightingquaker13 on October 25, 2011, 02:04:26 AM
Quote from: Solus on October 24, 2011, 11:34:06 AM
Might be that when working a 'non-violent' crowd control assignment where they are going to be in close contact with the perps, they might stash their weapons so retention is not a consideration.  If this is the case, I'd bet there are backups not involved in the up-close-and-personal work who are armed.
Spot on. If I were to wade into a crowd and be grabbing folks I'd prefer NOT to be wearing a side arm, as the odds of it getting taken away are greater than the odds of me being able to draw and use it. You rely on your buddies outside the "scrum" to do that for you.
FQ13
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: billt on October 25, 2011, 04:42:30 AM
This is starting to get out of hand in this country as well. In Oakland, California yesterday, these idiots stormed into a Chase bank, disrupting business, chasing out the customers, and started throwing things around. Personally, I think it's time for the cops to start cracking some skulls. It will give the ACLU something else to waste their time with, providing "defense" to these worthless, dirt bags in their endless attempt to see who can act more stupidly.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Timothy on October 25, 2011, 07:41:14 AM
They might want to do their homework as the "1%" is NOT made up of just Wall Street traders and such.  In order to become part of the 1%, you only need to earn about 350K annually!

The 1% are doctors, lawyers, traders, executives, pro ball players, etc.....quite a mixed bag of folks that are for the most part normal people who happen to earn a shitload of money!

When did it become illegal to earn a very good living in this country or other countries?

http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/20/news/economy/occupy_wall_street_income/index.htm
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: jnevis on October 25, 2011, 07:47:13 AM
I so want to have a shirt made that says:

Occupy a JOB!
Communism doesn't work just ask
Former Soviet Countries
Vietnam
North Korea
Cuba
Poland
Former East Germany
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 25, 2011, 08:23:46 AM
Quote from: jnevis on October 25, 2011, 07:47:13 AM
I so want to have a shirt made that says:

Occupy a JOB!
Communism doesn't work just ask
Former Soviet Countries
Vietnam
North Korea
Cuba
Poland
Former East Germany

+10
I would add the USSR to the list, but they went bankrupt and no longer exist.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: jnevis on October 25, 2011, 08:34:07 AM
Hence the Former Soviet Countries reference
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: billt on October 25, 2011, 08:37:06 AM
Wouldn't the former Soviet Union, along with most communistic countries that have the kind of government these idiots want, have cracked their skulls open weeks ago?
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: JC5123 on October 25, 2011, 09:09:15 AM
Quote from: billt on October 25, 2011, 08:37:06 AM
Wouldn't the former Soviet Union, along with most communistic countries that have the kind of government these idiots want, have cracked their skulls open weeks ago?

Not only would they have cracked their skulls open, but they would have been sent to the gulags, never to be seen again. One thing that these idiots don't understand when they say they want socialism, is that socialist regimes do not tolerate dissent.   
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 25, 2011, 09:15:54 AM
Tienanmen Square is one of the "glories of Socialism" these idiots tend to overlook.
Seeing them reminded of it is one of the few laughs we would have if they get their way.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: JC5123 on October 25, 2011, 09:41:57 AM
Quote from: tombogan03884 on October 25, 2011, 09:15:54 AM
Tienanmen Square is one of the "glories of Socialism" these idiots tend to overlook.
Seeing them reminded of it is one of the few laughs we would have if they get their way.

That was exactly what I was thinking of, but the libs always twist it to be a show of democracy. They conveniently forget that nearly a thousand protesters were slaughtered in the square during that event. To this day no one knows if the "Tank Man" is alive. My guess is not.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 25, 2011, 10:45:40 AM
I ran across mention somewhere that "Tank man" was picked up by the security forces who spent quite a bit of time interrogating him to find out why he would do such a stupid thing.
Then they billed his family for a bullet.

The "Peoples Democratic Socialist Govt"  dispensing peace, justice and equality.








  Workers and peasants of the world UNITE
         And grab your ankles
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: JC5123 on October 25, 2011, 11:38:30 AM
Hey our government has already proven that they will kill an American Citizen without a trial. Of course they will leave the OWS crowd alone, since they are serving the agenda of the regime.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: billt on October 26, 2011, 06:49:55 AM
Quote from: Timothy on October 25, 2011, 07:41:14 AM
They might want to do their homework as the "1%" is NOT made up of just Wall Street traders and such.  In order to become part of the 1%, you only need to earn about 350K annually! The 1% are doctors, lawyers, traders, executives, pro ball players, etc.....quite a mixed bag of folks that are for the most part normal people who happen to earn a shitload of money!

This has always been the biggest problem with socialists. They think everyone in the country is as poor, lazy, and stupid as they are. If someone else has more, they "got lucky", or else got some break they don't "qualify for". I've listened to little kids who got caught doing dumb things make better excuses for themselves.

This will all benefit capitalism in the long run. Especially if the democrats keep aligning themselves with these idiots. Who the hell wants to be part of a society that lives out of dumpsters and $h!ts in the street? With the cold weather coming to much of the nation, along with people's patience running out, these clowns are on borrowed time. Watching the class clown got old after a while, these idiots will fair no better.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: bodean87 on October 26, 2011, 11:10:48 AM
Do they need volunteers to help remove the idiots?
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: mkm on October 26, 2011, 09:29:01 PM
I've been to Tienanmen Square, and it kind of made me nervous.  I don't think I've seen as large of a concentration of security cameras in my life.  Soldiers and security everywhere as well as the only 2 guns (I'm assuming they were in the closed top holsters) I saw over there.

China can shut down a protest very effeciently.  It even shuts down foreign access to Tibet for much of the summer.

Do Aussie cops carry sidearms?  The Brits (or Chinese for that matter) don't.

Just as a sidenote.  That grey in the sky is smog.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: kmitch200 on October 26, 2011, 10:30:14 PM
Quote from: mkm on October 26, 2011, 09:29:01 PM
Just as a sidenote.  That grey in the sky is smog.

Wow, nice air quality.....you can almost see across the street!

Is that guy wearing the fedora a chinese Bane??  ;D
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Pathfinder on October 27, 2011, 05:14:48 AM
Quote from: kmitch200 on October 26, 2011, 10:30:14 PM
Wow, nice air quality.....you can almost see across the street!

Is that guy wearing the fedora a chinese Bane??  ;D

The city of Chengdu, way to the west in China, and from which the US launched its first incendiary attacks against Japanese positions in China in WWII, is in the heart of the industrialization movement in China today. One of my clients has an office there, and inside the building, inside the data center, the room with the servers and routers, the industrial dust collects quickly. The air smells bad too, and your clothes, even those not worn while there, have to all be laundered upon your return. So yeah, lovely air quality.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: billt on October 27, 2011, 05:25:54 AM
Quote from: mkm on October 26, 2011, 09:29:01 PM
I've been to Tienanmen Square, and it kind of made me nervous.

Looks like a really good place to race Go-Karts!  ;D
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: jnevis on October 27, 2011, 06:35:42 AM
Quote from: mkm on October 26, 2011, 09:29:01 PM
Do Aussie cops carry sidearms?  The Brits (or Chinese for that matter) don't.

Yes, primarily Glock 17s, at least the Tazmainia Police did.  Didn't hang out with the guys in Western Oz as much.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 27, 2011, 09:43:30 AM
Quote from: jnevis on October 27, 2011, 06:35:42 AM
Yes, primarily Glock 17s, at least the Tazmainia Police did.  Didn't hang out with the guys in Western Oz as much.

Speaking of which, how come our "International Brigade " has not weighed in on this ?
I would have thought Phil and Sledge would have something to add.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Timothy on October 27, 2011, 10:33:40 AM
Neither have been around for a couple of weeks!
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: tombogan03884 on October 27, 2011, 11:13:23 AM
Stocking up on beer and popcorn to go watch the show maybe  ;D
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Solus on October 27, 2011, 01:27:46 PM
Work grabbed Phil for a length of time several weeks ago...maybe it got him again..

That still leaves Sledge among the missing.
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: Timothy on October 27, 2011, 01:46:11 PM
Where have all the Aussies gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the Aussies gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the Aussies gone?
Gotten piss drunk every one!
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: philw on November 16, 2011, 05:06:36 AM
Quote from: jnevis on October 25, 2011, 07:47:13 AM
I so want to have a shirt made that says:

Occupy a JOB!
Communism doesn't work just ask
Former Soviet Countries
Vietnam
North Korea
Cuba
Poland
Former East Germany

BHWAAAA  I needed to read that before today

I was in the CBD yesterday and the great unwashed here started there  "we are not camping we are Occupying" BS 

wish the pricks would pull there fingers out and do something for them selves and not rely on everyone else paying for there life styles

I am guessing it is the same over there


and yes been flat out with work  and beers ;)    still about though
Title: Re: Give Police A Chance. The Down Under Occupiers In Melbourne....Get Removed
Post by: philw on November 16, 2011, 05:12:29 AM
Quote from: mkm on October 26, 2011, 09:29:01 PM

Do Aussie cops carry sidearms? 
Quote from: jnevis on October 27, 2011, 06:35:42 AM
Yes, primarily Glock 17s, at least the Tazmainia Police did.  Didn't hang out with the guys in Western Oz as much.

yep 
Glock 22's  form what I recall( well I know NSW doses )  here in SA we have S&W M&P's and Vic is also going M&P's

I know here in SA the Under cover and plain clothed coppers have the smaller M&P  for concealment

I have to ask next time I am chatting with a officer however I have noticed when in crowd control area's I noticed that they don't have there firearms on them  there are armed police about further back however the front line ones don't

I noticed that when I was also at the Show and other places where there are lots of families about and crowds
must be so incase something breaks out they don't have the it takes and they would be out numbered big time