>All well and good, but in some cases, perhaps
>this one, no avenue of retreat is offered.
>So the choice could have been seen by the
>police as kill or be killed. Restraint on
>their part -- if this be the case -- is
>asking a lot.
>The duty of conscious radicals is to know
>where this line is and discourage people
>from crossing it.
Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude--and I normally don't get into challenging stuff on this list (I've already got a sleep deficit)--but this one hits a little too close to home. The murdered protester, Carlo Giuliani, could have been me or any number of people I know, so I feel I have to respond.
"The duty of conscious radicals...?" This is crap. As far as I can tell, the G8 protesters (regardless of specific issues, identity politics, political memberships or lack thereof, etc. etc) *are* doing their duty--for all of us--by trying to make the world a better place.
The duty of the State, for as long as the gleaming wreck lasts, is not to kill its citizens.
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