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posted 08-09-2010 11:58

 
Totally yitten...
 
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posted 08-09-2010 13:32

 
Does "yitten" mean "frit"?
 
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posted 08-09-2010 13:41

 
Along those lines.
 
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posted 08-09-2010 18:26

 
This is fantastic. I'm not usually comfortable with mobs. I'd have liked to seen the event go ahead but with a string of people taking their book up to him and tearing it up, or asking him to sign it "Liar" or something.

But this is fantastic.
 
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posted 09-09-2010 10:11

 
I'm not usually comfortable with mobs

One man's "mob" is another man's "movement" or mere "gathering". I'm always interested in how people delineate different views and forms of collective action.
 
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posted 09-09-2010 10:21

 
I'm trying to use the word neutrally as a group who stops something happening, whether I like them or not. Usually, I think it's better to have the thing go ahead with protests. I reckon some film of a big crowd shouting at Blair might have been perfect for his North American admirers.

On the other hand, I like the idea of people getting together and stopping things. I can see a particular case for beating the BNP on the streets.
 
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posted 09-09-2010 10:32

 
I wasn't particularly having a go at you, I'm just interested in how people interpret mass gatherings of people in different contexts. The Left can do it too - the Tea Party, or people protesting against paedos on a council estate, are "a mob" but were the miners or the people on the streets of Greece.

Anyway, I agree that generally protests going ahead is better than silence - either through state bans or people withdrawing. It's still kinda funny that Blair can't go anywhere unmolested though.
 
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posted 09-09-2010 10:52

 
I didn't take it as having a go at me.

And it's indeed very funny.
 
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posted 10-09-2010 08:58

 
The book appears to have been meticulously researched and edited.
 
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