Did any of you folks hear about our big G20 protests in Melbourne on the weekend? It was a beautiful day here, just the lazy 35 and i was taking part in a pub crawl with a couple of other guys. Arrived into the city to find that the coppers had formed a huge square protecting the Hyatt hotel and we had to go around to get the pub we were heading for on the other side of them.
Dead set, i've never seen a worse bunch of dirty, unwashed people, most of whom either looked like outright hippies or were aiming for the punk "I love Anarchy" look. I even saw a guy i knew in school, throwing bottles at the cops and screaming "Die you fascists DIE!". Half of them didnt even know what it was all about, just yelling anarchy slogans and telling the cops they were fascists. We were lucky enough to see a great baton charge though which i really enjoyed...sadly the protesters being batoned didnt seem so keen on it. Quote of the day goes to two girls who would have only been 16 (highschool hippies) who were sitting in front of the horses (who hadnt moved since well before these girls sat there) and telling the news crew that this was just like Tiannamin Square, the horses were tanks and that the protesters were all heroes.
I dont think they liked it when me and the boys started calling out to them "Equal rights for Gay, black Whales" either >
, although i did see a few smiles from the coppers. They were stupid, simple minded protesters who wanted to cause havoc and claim they were helping the world. Bloody hippy punks!