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CaledonianGonzo

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1 hour ago, MEGABOWL said:


I’d say so. They’re on in Shangri-La as well, that could be mayhem. Move them on to the Other and that should ease the pressure on both sets a bit.

Yeah it's the curiosity element that'll make it even busier than it would've been too, loads of people will have heard about them for the first time with all the news coverage. There are only two stages that can accommodate that 

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1 hour ago, MEGABOWL said:


From the BBC article “ Police Scotland said last week that allowing the trio to perform at Glasgow Green on 11 July would require "a significant policing operation".“

 

BBC article

 

That ‘agenda’ line is just silly. Not everybody who disagrees with you or presents a reality that negates your position has an “agenda”. Refusing to listen to them because you don’t like what they’re saying is foolish and irrational. 

 

It’s even more silly that after 20 months of a genocide supported by our government that you think some people don’t have a different agenda.

 

Why did this significant police operation only manifest itself now and not at the original booking? 
 

Why are significant police operations fine for orange marches? 

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40 minutes ago, Colorblindjames said:

It’s even more silly that after 20 months of a genocide supported by our government that you think some people don’t have a different agenda.

 

Why did this significant police operation only manifest itself now and not at the original booking? 
 

Why are significant police operations fine for orange marches? 


Not everybody does. Sometimes in life stuff happens that you don’t agree with. That doesn’t mean the other person has ‘an agenda’ it just means the real world has got in the way of a simplistic absolutist viewpoint.

 

The massive increase in publicity and stature band have inevitably got as a result of politicians complicating about them.

 

Different situation. I don’t like them either but that’s different to policing a festival crowd.

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10 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Yes, unfortunately both sides of the sectarian divide up here have in recent years attracted large organised ultra groups who pathetically dress like paramilitaries but are mainly gullible youngsters led by others who are politically motivated. The thought of these groups clashing at a festival is what the police are concerned about. Public safety has to be paramount. Easy to control these groups as they ‘March’ to a football game but not in an open festival field.

Glastonbury is totally different, no sectarian elements, overwhelming majority in the crowd sympathetic to the cause of the Palestinians and plenty of alternatives if you don’t want to see them. 


Exactly this. It’s a unique combination of a politically motivated band having reached such levels of notoriety, along with the situation in Glasgow itself. Won’t affect Glastonbury at all.

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10 hours ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Yes, unfortunately both sides of the sectarian divide up here have in recent years attracted large organised ultra groups who pathetically dress like paramilitaries but are mainly gullible youngsters led by others who are politically motivated. The thought of these groups clashing at a festival is what the police are concerned about. Public safety has to be paramount. Easy to control these groups as they ‘March’ to a football game but not in an open festival field.

Glastonbury is totally different, no sectarian elements, overwhelming majority in the crowd sympathetic to the cause of the Palestinians and plenty of alternatives if you don’t want to see them. 

'Both sides' doing a lot of heavy lifting here....

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11 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:


Not everybody does. Sometimes in life stuff happens that you don’t agree with. That doesn’t mean the other person has ‘an agenda’ it just means the real world has got in the way of a simplistic absolutist viewpoint.

 

The massive increase in publicity and stature band have inevitably got as a result of politicians complicating about them.

 

Different situation. I don’t like them either but that’s different to policing a festival crowd.

Well we got there in the end and you agree that this was a political decision.

 

The conflict in Gaza, the genocide and its repercussions can’t be dismissed as “stuff happens”. 
 

To say it’s a different situation is frankly laughable. 

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11 minutes ago, MEGABOWL said:


Exactly this. It’s a unique combination of a politically motivated band having reached such levels of notoriety, along with the situation in Glasgow itself. Won’t affect Glastonbury at all.

Sounds a bit like an orange parade with orange bands. So not unique at all in Scotland. 

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1 hour ago, Colorblindjames said:

Sounds a bit like an orange parade with orange bands. So not unique at all in Scotland. 

Yes, unfortunately these parades are not unique up here. My son has friends in the police and they are routinely drafted into G division(Glasgow) to police both orange and Republican parades. But they find them quite easy to deal with, simple enough with a bit of planning to keep the parades and the inevitable counter demos apart. Transmt is different, crowds mixing, football ultra groups,  alcohol and drugs makes getting to a trouble spot very difficult. T in the park had to stop because of the aggro, Transmt won’t want to go the same way.  I’m sure Glastonbury with be a great show  for them as will the Glasgow gigs. 

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22 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I see Thom Yorke still just does not get it.

I think he gets it completely and said exactly what I tried several times over the last 54 pages, but I was not eloquent enough.

 

On the other hand I still think his tantrum on stage was an overreaction and super strange

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12 minutes ago, Olshansky said:


it's so disappointing.  At least Ed has his head on straight.  

Real bummer about Nick Cave too. 

 

As ghastly as it is, it's not quite as bad as Nick Cave saying that he'd always support Israel because that's where the Bible happened, which is one of the worst arguments ever mounted by either side in the 50 odd years of this conflict.

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2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

As ghastly as it is, it's not quite as bad as Nick Cave saying that he'd always support Israel because that's where the Bible happened, which is one of the worst arguments ever mounted by either side in the 50 odd years of this conflict.

 

He actually said THAT?! 😳😳😳

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4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Ultimately is it possible to be a Zionist and to love Israel, but support a ceasefire in Gaza and the end of settlements and a two state solution and strongly oppose Netanyahu's government ....and still be cool?

 

No-one cool writes an 8 page statement on this topic and makes 6 pages of it self-pity.

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1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

As ghastly as it is, it's not quite as bad as Nick Cave saying that he'd always support Israel because that's where the Bible happened, which is one of the worst arguments ever mounted by either side in the 50 odd years of this conflict.


lol I'd expect it from an American but it's extra cringe coming from him.  
 

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