Massive riots cripple Greece's main cities

AP ^ | Dec 8, 2008 | AP

[Blackyce]

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's interior minister says the massive protest riots in cities across the country are "unacceptable" but insists that police are doing all they can to protect people's lives and property.

Thousands of youths are rampaging through Athens, the northern city of Thessaloniki and several other cities in the third day of riots Monday after police shot and killed a teenager on Saturday.

[Blackyce]

Still going?

[XR7]

Let them eat gyros!

[Tax-chick]

One assistant at a china shop watched in fear as rioters attacked her store.

If she'd had an Uzi, she might still have her shop. There goes the tourist season, unless they get this stopped and the place fixed up post-haste.

[Clint Williams]

We need the same here. Cripple every main city bastion of liberalism.

[Travis McGee]

Who are the perps? Commies, anrachists, “youths?” Is some form of Greek PC keepin this vague? Religion of peace? Who?

[Travis McGee]

My point too.

[Clemenza]

Per other reports, these are left-wing Greek kids, not Islamists.

[Tax-chick]

Commies and anarchists, apparently, with unemployed “youths” to build the numbers. It seems NOT to be ROP, for a novelty.

[max americana]

“The self-styled anarchist movement partly traces its roots in the resistance to Greece’s 1967-74 military dictatorship. The youths tend to espouse general anti-capitalist and antiestablishment principles, and have long-running animosity toward the police.”

Either they’re Muzzies or not, they need to get their butts kicked because obviously they don’t have respect for the law. They hate the cops? Then eat lead.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Yep, we’re on to those “youths” and their MSM enablers.

[Chairman of the Bard]

My thoughts exactly. Coincidentally, the rioters in France a couple of years back were also “youths”, sometimes even “disaffected youths”. Seems that when they are unsuccessful at cowing and bullying the natives into compliance to their will, the last resort of the culture of grievance is chaos and mayhem.

[C210N]

Thousands of youths are rampaging...

They need to be assuaged.

Quick, France... send them lots of autos.

[Blackyce]

They’re not trying to be vague. The descriptor “Youths” is what they are and anarchy describes their behavior. There’s not much of a method, they just need an excuse.

[Tailgunner Joe]

[Question_Assumptions]

This is exactly why Constantinople is now Turkish Istambul. Their Greek forefathers tore each other apart over silly nonsense like this, too.

[arrogantsob]

There is no civilization without cities. In fact, the word for the former is derived from the word for the latter.

Cities are critical to economic development.

[montag813]

Communist Party and self-styled “anarchists” are behind this.