ok, so as i've learned in multiple classes the danish are not known for rioting, or prone to violence in general. prime example, you'd think a transition from absolute monarchy to democracy would have to be at least a little blood, right? (remember france?) well not in denmark, the nobles asked nicely and the king said 'yeah ok i guess that does sound good' it probably did help that the king was a little slow in the head, as in he had the mental capacity of an 8 year old...either way the point remains. So as you might expect people are pretty surprised when riots break out, since they basically never do. buuut, when the government kicked out some punk and goth kids who were living in a house that the government owned over a decade ago before selling it to a church, well theres a chance for some riots. turns out a few months ago the church decided it wanted to finally use the proporty but those young punks and hooligans that lived there werent prepared to give it up. and so they let the malotov cocktails fly, and things got a little crazy...so on the 6 month anniversary which was a little bit ago they started getting rowdy again because they didnt like the deal the government proposed which was giving them roughly 3 million dollars to buy a new building. So they decided to have protests every thursday and this was the second one. I was hoping to be dodging tear gas and police on horses...well everything started out good, this picture shows the crowed running toward the main square in Copenhagen. at this point music was blasting, guys on megaphones were screaming, and the punks were running. All the good makings for a riot right?? how could things go wrong? well lets look at the rest of the pictures i have.....
ooo, they're getting closer...and still lookin' pretty into it. oh also at this point police were driving all around blocking off streets, things were looking pretty good...
...was anyone else disappointed with that finish?everyone just stopped and started smoking and drinking...i even saw a baby carriage...my hopes of seeing a real riot were dashed, and i couldnt have been more disappointed. the danes are just too well off to have much to complain about for very long.
2 comments:
Maybe they figured out an American was there so composed themselves. You'll have to be real sneaky to see the sordid underside of Denmark.
It seems they've figured out that drinking and smoking is much more worthwhile than unnecessary violence. Did you stick around for the drunken brawls after drink #15?
PS the blog is awesome. I'm glad you're enjoying yourself!
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