Protest at Christopher Pyne Sydney speech turns violent as students pepper sprayed

[azureline**]

Are protests now not allowed in Australia?

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/protest-at-christopher-pyne-sydney-speech-turn...

[polksaladallie]

“Anybody can have ideas—the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.” Mark Twain

“So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.” Dr Seuss

“If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.” George Orwell

“The shorter and the plainer the better.” Beatrix Potter

“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” Thomas Jefferson

[vicr3000]

I'd like to hear from those criticising Police how they think the rowdy aggressive protestors should have been handled or controlled.

What would you have done ?

[lloydslights]

Renowned prolific  writers who knew how to limit words their own words to emphasize a thought.

They didn't shorten other peoples' stories to make a political aspersion.

DEB

[azureline**]

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@lloydslights wrote:

Renowned prolific  writers who knew how to limit words their own words to emphasize a thought.

They didn't shorten other peoples' stories to make a political aspersion.

DEB

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How can that be a political aspersion?

Pyne said it, the context is clear.

[polksaladallie]

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@lloydslights wrote:

Renowned prolific  writers who knew how to limit words their own words to emphasize a thought.

They didn't shorten other peoples' stories to make a political aspersion.

DEB

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"I don't talk to people wearing shorts and a tee shirt"   My words

"I don't talk to people in t-shirts and shorts," .   Pyne's words

So, my words lengthened "other people's stories", not shortened as you say.