Southern Europe fears summer of violence

UK Guardian ^ | May 18, 2012 | Andrea Vogt, Helena Smith and Giles Tremlett

[C19fan]

Europe's debt-mired southern rim is becoming increasingly concerned by the prospect of anarchy on the streets this summer, as seething anti-austerity threatens to boil over into something more sinister.

Protests, strikes and sit-ins have long since become the norm for Greece, Italy and Spain. But some authorities are warning that rage is on the verge of tipping over into serious violence, and concerns are mounting over the knock-on effect on tourism, a vital source of income for southern Europe.

[C19fan]

Coming soon across the pond.

[BwanaNdege]

Putin is saddened, deeply saddened.

[Hodar]

I’ll be those rioters are all Amish, too!

[Grampa Dave]

We can learn a lot about our future by watching how the entitled populations of the PIIGS tear down their countries because they are entitled to OPM.

Coming soon to Obozo’s/Pelosi’s, Reid/Biden/Moonbeam and other rats states

[Rinnwald]

Luckily, we have a violence buffer coming up with winter just around the corner. Like the OWS protesters, the EuroBrats prefer to hunker down in their huts during the cold season.

And really, how much damage can they do in a few months? It’s not like these guys top the productivity charts. Maybe they can hire some Turks and Serbs to come in and tear the place up.

[Pompah]

So if you were planning a three week tour this coming September
to France, Germany (Munich) Italy, and Barcelona
which one of these would you avoid ?
I may scrap the whole trip.

[C19fan]

Avoid Barcelona at all costs. The place has been and is full of anarchists and Communist of all stripes. Italy should be fine as long as you stay north of Rome. South Italy is a parasite on the productive industrious north.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Look for this disorder and the failure of socialism—Many will die until a backlash comes that will see Fascists voted into power all over the Old World. A new fascism will put things to right and rebuild Europe in a style closer to Mussolini rather than Hitler—Islamic people will be the target of much rage—many will be deported to North Africa. In the end—the only winner will be the Catholic Church and Putin’s Russia. Still, Europe will be a great place to vacation—safe, peaceful, with lots of uniforms, parades, public works projects —but not a great deal of freedom. Fascism is like a powerful and effective medicine—but one with many painful side effects.

[C19fan]

I think Franco Spain might be a better historical example of what you are predicting.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I always thought that if the Muslims tried to push things too far the resulting backlash would make the Holocaust look like a Sunday picnic.

[Liz]

Cali has earned whatever debacle is coming down on them——vote-crazed politicians soaked taxpayers to give multimillion dollar jobs, benefits and freebies to assorted “voting blocs.”

It’s been noted that the Greek govt had over 500 fully-staffed govt agencies that did absolutely nothing but were payoffs to one group or another. The govt was hollowed out from within. Npw the banks are failing, children are being abandoned and young businessmen are begging in the streets.

A study of Cali’s govt agencies would be interesting.