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it is really hard to tell the difference ponder stibbons Send a noteboard - 02/10/2010 01:30:24 AM
"Police originally said protesters had thrown rocks and bottles at them, but on Friday a spokeswoman said that only chestnuts had been lobbed at officers."

I'm sorry but if you can't tell the difference if it is rocks and bottles or chestnuts, then you are in the wrong job. It might not be nice to be pelted with them but it is a huge, huge difference.


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Stuttgart, Germany, September 30th 2010 - 01/10/2010 03:32:58 PM 1216 Views
That is shocking. *NM* - 01/10/2010 04:23:29 PM 473 Views
Yeah really sad that it had to come this far *NM* - 01/10/2010 04:43:07 PM 421 Views
That's horrible. - 01/10/2010 04:57:39 PM 853 Views
There's an even better one - 02/10/2010 01:13:29 AM 1004 Views
the parents should be ashamed for bringing their kids there - 01/10/2010 06:11:04 PM 976 Views
er... I thought you missed some vital points (or I forgot to mention them) - 02/10/2010 12:53:20 AM 1048 Views
know I just noticed point in your article you over looked - 02/10/2010 04:27:47 AM 976 Views
Yeah, I'm gonna have to kind of agree with you. - 02/10/2010 07:34:12 AM 829 Views
the article was wrong on both points - 02/10/2010 10:16:46 AM 865 Views
That's irrelevant. - 02/10/2010 10:59:35 AM 817 Views
Re: That's irrelevant. - 02/10/2010 11:43:43 AM 1453 Views
Youths can organise themselves; we're talking about children. - 02/10/2010 01:11:01 PM 887 Views
Re: Youths can organise themselves; we're talking about children. - 02/10/2010 02:40:46 PM 1529 Views
No, I, uh, I think we're still not talking about the same thing. - 02/10/2010 04:04:36 PM 916 Views
I think I got that one about the police - 02/10/2010 04:25:59 PM 1571 Views
I went to lots of demonstrations when I was a kid - 02/10/2010 10:23:04 AM 865 Views
. . . as a child? *NM* - 02/10/2010 10:46:52 AM 401 Views
I think I was 12 on my first one. - 02/10/2010 10:49:33 AM 939 Views
You're gonna have to share this story. - 02/10/2010 11:00:58 AM 840 Views
I was a political kid! - 02/10/2010 11:03:36 AM 835 Views
Well, your freaky childhood behaviour aside. . . - 02/10/2010 11:08:36 AM 830 Views
Re: Well, your freaky childhood behaviour aside. . . - 02/10/2010 11:10:21 AM 906 Views
Or they didn't have good reason to expect voilence. Which would seem more likely here. *NM* - 02/10/2010 01:14:41 AM 406 Views
It would not take a genius to know there would probably be violence. - 02/10/2010 04:38:52 AM 897 Views
Re: It would not take a genius to know there would probably be violence. - 02/10/2010 10:26:40 AM 1510 Views
I read this about it - 02/10/2010 01:18:16 AM 856 Views
it is really hard to tell the difference - 02/10/2010 01:30:24 AM 1032 Views
Even then it is? - 02/10/2010 01:39:52 AM 911 Views
That really is quite shocking. *NM* - 02/10/2010 10:25:22 AM 429 Views

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