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**KixdricyArrip** · 06-06-2012, 08:43 PM

Errr thats exactly how the whole process started, with legal peaceful protests. Bagwan can correct me on this but it is the government's violent response that has caused an escalation.

Bagwan, is it true that it isn't just students now involved in the movement but people from other walks of life too? Whats the level of local support?

There are at least four different student federations involved here , and the most radical is CLASSE .
It is this group that has most of the headlines .

There is a war of words going on right now in the headlines , with some student groups saying the intention is not to disrupt the festivals and events , and the government defiant , not really hearing them , insisting that there will be consequence to disruption .

Even CLASSE has put out word that the only intention is to inform the visitors of thier plight .

And , yes , Bill 78 has caused a lot of ruckus , making the traditional pots and pans clanging by the general population a part of this issue .

These protests have been regularly seeing tens of thousands of people participating .
Add those numbers with the Grand Prix visitors and you have a hell of a logistic problem moving people .

It will be a hell of a sea of people , and I expect , at the very least , to see a lot of red squares , the symbol of the movement , in the crowd .
At worst , the crowd may smell teargas rather than tire smoke .

I am sorry if this is deemed too political , but the reality of this is that it will affect the race , and I expect it to be rather harder to hide the politics of it than it was in Bahrain .

06-06-2012, 08:43 PM	#40
KixdricyArrip Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 403 Senior Member	Errr thats exactly how the whole process started, with legal peaceful protests. Bagwan can correct me on this but it is the government's violent response that has caused an escalation. Bagwan, is it true that it isn't just students now involved in the movement but people from other walks of life too? Whats the level of local support? There are at least four different student federations involved here , and the most radical is CLASSE . It is this group that has most of the headlines . There is a war of words going on right now in the headlines , with some student groups saying the intention is not to disrupt the festivals and events , and the government defiant , not really hearing them , insisting that there will be consequence to disruption . Even CLASSE has put out word that the only intention is to inform the visitors of thier plight . And , yes , Bill 78 has caused a lot of ruckus , making the traditional pots and pans clanging by the general population a part of this issue . These protests have been regularly seeing tens of thousands of people participating . Add those numbers with the Grand Prix visitors and you have a hell of a logistic problem moving people . It will be a hell of a sea of people , and I expect , at the very least , to see a lot of red squares , the symbol of the movement , in the crowd . At worst , the crowd may smell teargas rather than tire smoke . I am sorry if this is deemed too political , but the reality of this is that it will affect the race , and I expect it to be rather harder to hide the politics of it than it was in Bahrain .
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