Athens Christmas tree protest

[valaora13]

Nobody can't speal about Greece(Hellas you know) and that's why when we had politism ,you all were in caves and trees!You must also know that the 1/3 and more of your language is from greece!So,i dont give a dime to a christmas tree,a tradition non greek,not even cristianic!You all also need to know that when cameron,merkel,sarkozi and others shaking all you we reacted as we do in our whole history!

[yesekans]

this is the democracy of the capitalism...

[yiannisdas]

people is saying "cops , pigs , killers" thnx for the support...(greece)

[BenzE190]

greece is retarted,period..country has no fkin resource nothing at all..borrows money from urope,spends its on god knows what,and we have another prostest..this shit is on going business,will never stop....

[anthelinas]

WELL DONE. The police did what it had to do!

Christmas is a time when children want to see a christmas tree not garbage next to it because of some bullshit left ideologist.

FUCK THEM, THEY DESERVE IT.

[LordKaisen]

why would you burn a Christmas tree? What's the message?

We are Greek and to protest on austerity measures we're taking out Christmas trees! Why just not pay taxes or peaceful civil disobedience. No violence? Greece needs a Gandhi.

[photographylovergr]

@LordKaisen It was the year that Alexandros grigoropoulos was murdered by a cop so I guess the people who burned the tree either wanted it to burn because they like destroying things or they wanted to know that the christmas spirit was gone because of that murder of the 15 year old guy.

[MrGoldcut]

if any cop is ever watching this....see how stupid your colleges are they are guarding a christmas tree!!!what a waste of money and what a provocation!!! shame one them!!

[anthelinas]

@MrGoldcut shut the fuck up.

[VanitasVanitatum17]

They are protecting one of their kind.

[E8nikisthsEllhnas]

na pate n ga****te kolo epanastates tis dekaras t mono pou 3erete ine na ipostirizete tous tourkosporous kai tous albaniarides pou ine oloi tous akampites kai anarxikoi anti na tous stilete stin kremala tous ipostirizete giati iste an8elines k prodotes!!!!na pate n pidiskete apo kanenan gkremo giati dn iparxei melon gia esas stin ellada erxete h mera tou telou sas kai olon tn filwn sas!!!!!

[dakiler2028]

parte ta arxidia mou. aftoi oi ka8isterimenoi brikan aformi ton 8anato tu paidiu gia na gamisun tin misi a8ina. ke meta lete pos OI BATSOI ftene gia ta xalia mas. balte mialo ke adi na kaigete autokinita ke na spate tzamaries kade kati xrisimo

[SunCityG9]

Τοσα ατομα ησασταν και μονο περιπου 30 μπατσοι... ενα ντου να κανατε δεν θα ηξεραν που να κρυφτουν...

[supergreenhool13]

A.C.A.B.

[USAdude30]

Man that looks strange.They look like nazi ss soldiers gaurding a Christmas tree. I believe there is an oxymoron there.

[itachiitachi1946]

we need to be altruistic in our society.pics like these r the result of our own selfishness.

[Ebini1945]

those rioters are so gay

[pawki]

greece, poland is watchin you :)

[guillermola]

i dmire the courage greece people...

in spain only chockens :(

[crnifico41]

yea fuck christmas

[alibabanumber1]

Im from Pakistan and we higly admire Greek people on Western side. Stand up to the corrupt Greeks you inspire us to do the same. Stand up to the corrupt!!!!!!!! Go Greece!!!

[ExplorePearls]

Direspectful generation, trashing public area - seem like spoiled, privileged children

[mufongo]

@ExplorePearls :

these people are not the privileged..they are the dispossessed. they are victims of atrocities committed by their government. a government that says they represent the people's interests, but whose hearts lie with their profits and to the demands of the market.

it is the state that is being disrespectful. turning a blind eye to the frustrations of the oppressed. property destruction is the only way they will recognize how much of a threat we can be to them..

[preparadox]

trees represent untold $ robbed by' Satan's Clause'; elite have interest n cont. pagan idolatry &the laws protect. them, but not of God'.so none should b offended re: xmas tree attack,interesting biblical note;[edited 4 length]]

Jer10-:2-4.Learn not f the heathen customs ,they r n vain:-a workman cuts a tree w/ axe.They deck it w/silver& gold; fasten it w/nails that it move not.

Jer 10:25 [ Pour fury on THE FAMILIES who do not call thy name*& have made jacob's land desolate.]

glad 2 c action.

[chr04]

Καλά, μας δουλεύουν τώρα βάλαν τα ΜΑΤ να φυλάνε το δέντρο!

[IamReallySakt]

people say COPS PIGS-MURDERERS for those who asked

[wooolfspacks]

lol funny like clowns

[iaberis]

the rubbish generation

[xazouklis]

light it up (6)

[TheAcidX]

@Dktotsos hmm I dont think so they are capablre of other stuff but the government and the officers are gettin well paid in order to act blind to drug companies and convoys or the so called "terorism" attacks, planned by their exact same governments. Now if you seek answers e-mail me...

[ZamanFouRe]

bravo re mages!!! bravo re etsi gemiste me yperifania ton elliniko lao prostateuontas ena......DENTRO (pseftiko oute kan alithino :P ) kai min xoloskate pou menoun atimwroitoi kai asyliptoi tosoi eglimaties eseis tha lete oti filagame to dentro apo tous kakkous mathites xaxaxaxaxa eiste gia gelia...!!!

[vic84king]

KAKLAMANI ΠΟΥΣΤΡΑ ΤΑ ΔΕΝΤΡΑ ΜΑΣ ΕΛΕΙΠΑΝ.. ΑΧΡΗΣΤΟ ΚΟΡΜΙ ΠΟΛΙΝΤΙΚΑΝΤΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΤΙΠΟΤΑ. ΑΝΤΕ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΜΗΣΟΥ ΚΩΛΟΜΠΑΡΑ

[Marshalddog]

Just goes to show you... morons will protest anything!

[punakesha]

@Marshalddog thats not true the murder of the 15 year old was just the icing on the cake the real reasons behind the protests besides police brutality is corruption in the government a fucked ecconomy lack of infrustructure low wages our schools resemble jails and the people are fucked off.we protest for a better country it is you who is the MORON for watching and judging something you know nothing about.

[Marshalddog]

@punakesha - I know everything about it ASSHOLE! What makes you a MORON is the fact that you think you can evoke change in government through violent protests. Theyre just going to kick your ass and throw you in jail. So how's that working for ya? Moron!

[punakesha]

@Marshalddog LOL YOU KNOW NOTHING what makes you an asshole is that you actually beleive you can evoke change and make everything right through peaceful protests,dont you think we have tried that asshole,they may kick my ass or throw me in jail but they cant do it to all of us and its been working out just fine thanks for asking LOL we have a new government now dedicated to stopping corruption so educate yourself MORON.

[Marshalddog]

@punakesha - HAHAHAHA - Glad to hear you've achieved your utopia. I bet you're all riding around on unicorns now and the sky is raining fruity skittles. MORON!

[punakesha]

@Marshalddog LOL you must be American because your funny and an Asshole.

[zwiebelas]

@Marshalddog what did u say? FUCK USA!!!! stop killing children with ur army and then talk about our people. at least we know to respect the freedom of a nation...

[dzedakuzohl]

@Marshalddog Aha, that s the way it goes in your country?

[karapaneas]

@punakesha i agree (im greek)but how about people corruption isnt only in the goverment its on every greek!!!and those anarchist dont get the point there rich kids from boria proastia who are afraid to get a job it is we who vote for the left for 20years and we who vote for karamanlis both of them useless!!!!we greeks r fucking our selfs a long time now people who work for the goverment hardly work!!!so yeah get real and do like the generation after xounta work your ass of for a better tomorrow

[xxxWEAREALLONE2xxx]

Wunderful..........A.C.A.B

[megamarsvin]

More pointless protests by clueless people.

[BudPeters44]

Wow ,they should have all went to jail.That would be like me going to ruin something in their yard i don't like..Look whay are they so anti Christmas ?? is it because they feel Santa is the true king of Christmas?Does this not show us Satan is working through them ? i don't see them attacking Santa..They have signs bashing God and Jesus Christ.But no Santa lol.This tell us ,TJesus Christ /God exist.Otherwise they would ignore God as they do Santa.If you fight,Must be something there to fight.

[mandrake679]

For funk's sake if you don't know what's going on keep your mouth shut. A kid was killed by the police last year on christmas time and this was a spontaneous protest against police violence.

[BudPeters44]

oh shut up..you have no idea how stupid you sound lol

[alexanderdanas08]

eidate ti sas kanei i astynomia an simperifereste etsi???kai gia to acab den einai mono ligoi einai.oi ypoloipoi kanoun tin douleia tous!!!

[fentaginantinazi1980]

u?poia einai h douleia tous na skotwnoun?wraia an kamia mera se purovolhs kanenas mpatsos mhn vovasai se prostateuei thn douleia tou kanei..................A.C.A.B

[enemytry]

ela telos twra.

[parthenonios]

who control the BANK system just few people Is time to wake up to have critical thinking as SOLON as Kennedy say (I do not know what Kennedy saw this night) you must to participate peacefully in the political to create new parliaments or a new system I Know that is difficult to be a parliaments you have to have money and all this but You HAVE TO WAKE UP

[parthenonios]

The new world order CIA the use the filings of the people to create what they want just like Osama to control the nation to control everything and is not a conspiresy theory is just the truth and what they planning to do to destroy the American people as well what exactly make the elite divide and congress any person in this earth they be hungry look at china what government do look at Europe in Paris look now in USA who control the media? Just 6 people who control the European union

[WutangClan4LiF3]

RIP . A . C . A . B

[Moonch1ld]

so...erosensai our ancestors, faught for a democracy tha is based on lies, on corruption in a state that finds a death of a 15year old child justified?

That's the disgusting part and the mosto disgusting of all, is the people who only care for these images and not mfor the images tha caused them The ones who want things ase they are.

[erosensai]

Disgusting, what did our ancestors fight for against the turks?? for this?? These greeks are idiots, it is true what panagia told one of the soldiers, the greek heritage will corrupt. our anscestors died for our religion and freedom, and this is how they are repaid. Sickening.

[GreeceWhiteFront]

It is the new World order. This far left propaganda from the media that wants to destroy every nation. The Greek government can be fools but not the people. We fed up lies so many years. Now nationalism is gaining power to sort things out. Greece will become for Greeks again

[erosensai]

mmmmm

[malehawk]

θα συνεχίσεις να πέρνεις μείον απο οποιον περνά γιατί βάζεις ενα ψευτικο συμβολο (ενα κολοδεντρο) ενος ψευτικου θεου πάνω απο μια πραγματική ανθρωπινη ζωη που χάθηκε απο την κρατικη βια..

[nicolara9]

@malehawk 4eutiko dentro ne ... oxi omos 4eutikos 8eos... eleos .. prepei n eisai poly ili8ios g n min pisteveis se mia anoteri dinami k na pisteueis pos ola giro s (dentra,dasoi,8alases,zoa,an8r­opoi) einai ftiagmena apo mona tous toso teleia...

[Whakampoo]

What are athens?

Sorry I have no clue.

xD

[JuggledaJungle]

the capital of greece

[cosths]

doulei kai ayth na fylas to dentro

hahahahahahaha

[ellada08]

the most beautiful christmas tree i have ever seen.. so many pics to remember it for ever

[parakolara]

Yah, it was pretty damn and stupid too burn a symbol that unites the whole world. But anyway, Greece is stupid and I'm Greek and I say it as most of the Greeks are either geeks or not even Greek. Stupid people protesting... Eat dirt bastards.

[stewartx5]

So let me see if I understand this correctly. Angry at the "government," protesters deface and/or burn a symbol (paid for by the "people" - taxpayers) of a holiday celebrated by millions of "people" in an effort to protest against "government?" Sorry, but that just seems pretty darn stupid to me.

[nathan12gr]

I agree with you.... I see no future on Greece because of greeks like "dkotsos" below...

There are no laws in Greece anymore...Only anarchy, fake education and sleepy people that the fake socialists brought back in the 80's...

Everyone wants to change the world but they don't know the the true change is coming from within

[dkotsos]

I think my friend that you are unaware of greek recent history. As i imagine you are a greek, so you should know sth about our country. Not in a single period of time the greek people were free. The Church, our nobles allies and of course the military and the King were in charge.

[dkotsos]

Things have not change. December 2008, generally speaking, was the second time(the first was after the end of ww2) that the greek people with direct democratic methods tried to make their own institutions, achieving the goal of autonomy, as Castoriadis used to say.

All this may sound a bit disturbing to a person transfixed with fear of change and freedom in general. To improve as you say we have to understand that we are responsible for our history.

But to be honest things are still the same

[nathan12gr]

Yes, you are right...

But I still don't know...I can't figure out.

Everything is so confused here and I don't know how things would change..

Our politicians, our common sense...

Everything is wrong..

[SPEX13]

within what????? within fucking WHAT? NEA DIMOKRATIA? LAOS??? KKEEEEE????!?!?!?

[SPEX13]

loipon, to get things clear. the tree was burned as a symbol of the governments indifference to the rebellion, as well as the fact that the previous summer a large part of the greek forests were burned down, and in many regions of greece the government was utterly indifferent, whereas they actually employed an entire riot squad to protect the fucking plastic dick of our mayor in the middle of fucking syntagma square..what can i say?

[dkotsos]

In Greece the police is only capable of protecting Christmas trees, KILLING CHILDREN AND REFUGEES and of course arresting protesting students. Nothing more.

[BillyGR13]

Ofcourse...in general police is incapable of everything fair!

[nathan12gr]

Yes... Greek police sucks...

If it was a true police like those in the rest of europe, we wouldn't have seen all these..

[NBBasRutten]

@dkotsos We Greeks must level up our game in this world and stop acting like assholes and start producing jobs instead of just lounging around drinking coffee all day. Enough is enough. Get to work, and be better.

[kimosabesun]

@dkotsos Wp kai esy pseytoepanastatis eisai?

[dkotsos]

@kimosabesun

Pallis ksekinima neoi agwnes. Odigoi tis elpidas oi prwtoi nekroi...

Apla o rolos tis astynomias einai i prostasia tou astikou kratous. Ti na kanoume??? Eidika gia ta MAT,DIAS, DELTA.

Den eimai epanastatis..apla realistis. Vlepw ta skata kai thelw na antidrasw. Oso perissoteroi toso to kalytero.

[kimosabesun]

@dkotsos Ta pragmata einai apla.

Opoios petaei molotwf kai katastrefei periousies einai amorfwto zwo kai fwnazei vlakies pou tou moiazoun irwikes gt to myalo tou einai mikro. I moni epanastasi einai i morfwsi kai den ennow synomosiothewries typou 'to systima oi trapezes oi kameres'. Ayta einai pipes apo amorfwtous volemenous tempelides.

[xnewtone]

gia merika malakismena anarxokoumounia ginomaste rezili pagkosmios.

[nalextte]

sosta

[hendersonhasselbalch]

riot policemen protecting a christmas tree... isn t it a little bit idiotic?