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Originally Posted by alex.s
not a big fan of history, are you?
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Actually, Im a huge fan of history, at least post Cold War contemporary history. I would be comfortable in venturing a guess that Im more versed in political insurections, guerilla movements, insurgencies, and revolutions than you are.
My point was your pooh-poohing the actions of the Greek portestors as something that the Greek police deserved because of some oppresion they caried out - like the many 3rd world regimes referred to earlier. My response that you qutoed was in reaction to you saying basically, 'Big deal this kind of stuff happens in national revolts.' which to me bear the implication that the Greek cops deserved it and the portestors were righteous in trying to burn a man alive.