G20 debate

I wonder if there were no police present what would happen?  Think the crowds would stay back?  If you do you are smoking something.  I wonder if Al Qaeda,or any other terrorist could resist a target of opportunity like that:  Take out all the infidel leadership all at one go!  Back in the 1960s when the protest movement was really born, there would be speeches and chanting w/no violence "Peace Man" was the word of the day.
Back in the 1960s police presence could be minimal.  There was respect for property, and protest too.

Fast forward to 2010.  Start with that nonsense at the Olympics that necessitated the fencing.  This created a chill.  It was the Olympics of 1972.  There was minimal police presence.  There was no protest, but there **was** a terrorist massacre.  As is often the case, host governments ever since produce high security at international events.  No one wants that to happen again.

I know I am recounting what we already know.  The bombings, vandalism, rock throwing, spitting, throwing feces, and urine: These sorts of things are perpetrated by, in this case, at least 300 people.  These people as everyone knows, embedded themselves in the crowd.  Yes, peaceful protest is a human right.  But the cost to keep it as peaceful as it was was 1 billion dollars.  If there were 3,000 protesters, that comes down to 333,000.00 each.  Congratulations.  Like it or not, that was what we had to pay for your to exercise your rights.

Ok, let me retreat a little bit.  Part of that money, was dual duty.  Protesters **and** Terrorists--that didn't show (20,000 police on the ground might have had something to do with it.)

Oh and references to Communist countries' freedom of speech give rise to thought they must be laughing at us.  This freedom of speech thing certainly appeared to the world to have gotten out of hand.  If this was the result of freedom of speech, think they would ever want this in their country?  No they are saying: Yeah Tiananmen!  Disgraceful.