(split from political cartoon thread)I'm making images which pair up quotes about the riots with imagery from libya or american civil disobedience.
(http://i.imgur.com/yE0eF.jpg)
the spark for this image was an idea from my buddy Aestetix:
QuoteIn light of how the media seems to treat civil disobedience today, it seems worthwhile to look at praised examples of protests in American history and rewrite the headlines to how they would show up in modern mainstream news.
Example, Rosa Parks: "She wouldn't get off the bus when the conductor told her to. She prevented dozens of regular people from getting home to their families. Why couldn't she follow the rules like everyone else?"
(http://i.imgur.com/EZTAU.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/QDayh.jpg)
I love it! :lulz:
Something like this, maybe?
(http://oi51.tinypic.com/vh9ma9.jpg)
yep, you exactly nailed it :lulz:
and the boston tea party is the perfect subject
I like where this is going.
Thread of the decade.
Hazel Blears is a fine one to talk about discipline and avenues, incidentally. One would think throwing a hissy fit and trying to get a civil servant fired for appearing in the paper with another party's MP would be seen as...petty and vindictive.
Also, it needs to be pointed out somewhere that MPs have been looting the country for decades (via the expenses scandal) and so have the bankers, and only a few MPs have gone to prison, and no bankers. But the looters have been processed through the system with incredible speed and efficiency.
Quote from: Cain on August 16, 2011, 07:35:42 PM
Hazel Blears is a fine one to talk about discipline and avenues, incidentally. One would think throwing a hissy fit and trying to get a civil servant fired for appearing in the paper with another party's MP would be seen as...petty and vindictive.
Also, it needs to be pointed out somewhere that MPs have been looting the country for decades (via the expenses scandal) and so have the bankers, and only a few MPs have gone to prison, and no bankers. But the looters have been processed through the system with incredible speed and efficiency.
Gangs have always protected their turf against interlopers.
This thread is win!
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Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 11:17:06 PM
(http://i1196.photobucket.com/albums/aa417/DoktorHowl/ghandi.jpg)
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Fucking LOVE this thread.
uber- :mittens: to you, Cram.
More please.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 16, 2011, 07:30:09 PM
Thread of the decade.
Quote from: Nigel on August 16, 2011, 11:00:57 PM
This thread is win!
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 17, 2011, 01:17:52 AM
Fucking LOVE this thread.
uber- :mittens: to you, Cram.
Quote from: Nph. Twid. on August 22, 2011, 04:39:22 PM
More please.
AWESOMENESS to the MAX.
Since I was just in Wash, DC...and went to some Civil War battlefields...strikes home quite a bit.
I keep running into the same quotes. Have you cats seen any good quotes about the riots which would make a good juxtaposition?
glad I caught this thread :mittens:
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/Hector_pieterson.jpg)
"It is crucial that the police know that politicians will stand behind them when they act robustly to maintain public order. If we fail to do so, or are too quick to criticise the police when a particular officer or operation oversteps the mark, then the police may in turn be too cautious about acting, and we will let down the public we seek to serve"
- Mark Reckless MP
Source for further quotes, if this is still going on -
http://www.totalpolitics.com/blog/176607/the-riots-in-quotes.thtml
Individual MP blogs, such as "Mark Reckless", would also be useful -
http://markreckless.com/2011/08/09/speak-up-for-robust-policing/
Posting to say, "Wow, just freakin'wow!" and keep an eye on it if more stuff comes up. :wink:
Quote from: Deepthroat Chopra on September 21, 2011, 02:18:52 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/Hector_pieterson.jpg)
"It is crucial that the police know that politicians will stand behind them when they act robustly to maintain public order. If we fail to do so, or are too quick to criticise the police when a particular officer or operation oversteps the mark, then the police may in turn be too cautious about acting, and we will let down the public we seek to serve"
- Mark Reckless MP
Possibly too obvious but could also juxtapose with Kent state.