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    Quote Originally Posted by Crocodile View Post
    Well, if I were a politician, I would say something like: "The extremist wing of the protesters is trying to ride the wave and highjack the attention by shouting their extremist slogans which do not even express the sentiment of the majority of the crowd. However, by insulting the rest of the public, the extremists provoke the public and the police to finally take some actions and contemplate to use that process to elevate the protest into a new level switch the peaceful protest into something more violent ultimately dreaming for a Revolution similarly to the recent Middle-East events."

    But, since I'm not a politician, but just a simple-minded crocodile, I can only observe the change in tone of someone's posts... Getting too frustrated with the public which find comfort in their collective denial?
    Скромные крокодилы живут дольше чем гордые политические деятели! --> So, who's *really* simple-minded, at the end of the day? =)
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    Quote Originally Posted by kidkboom View Post
    Скромные крокодилы живут дольше чем гордые политические деятели! --> So, who's *really* simple-minded, at the end of the day? =)
    Well, it's subjective. A galapagos tortoise in captivity lived 170 years. Do you want to change places with that turtle?

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