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The Roof Is On Fire

From Portfolio.hu:

Protesters have launched an assault on the building of Hungary's national television on Monday night, setting cars on fire and engaging in fight with the police. By 1 AM the building was reported to be on fire, presumably from a car that has been set ablaze earlier.

Catch the whole article here. As well as another excellent description of the incidents from HVG.hu, posted here.

This was a crazy thing to see on the TV last night. For starters, there were 2 different crowds in Freedom Square yesterday. The ones who were throwing stones and chunks of park benches at the worlds most ineffectual riot cops, and the ones who were standing just a few meters back, standing in awe, drinking beer and taking pictures of the whole thing on their cellphones. Teddy texted Stephen to let him know what was happening, to tell us to turn on the TV. He was sitting on his porch watching the whole thing go down. He said it was like watching a football game...Maybe Romanian football is underesteemed by its reputation. Who knows. Funny thing about the riot cops, too: the people who were most amused by their inability to even hold ground against the protesters were the students from either the Pacific NorthWest, or from Serbia. We were like, "If this crap went down in our cities, people would be on the F'ing ground!"

Either way, the big talk of the town is now these Warriors of Democracy (man, am I ahead of the curve or what!?) and their [probably empty] threats to burn the city to the ground. I think most people just find it hilarious that someone would propose such measures in order to get a point across.

Burning BP down to the ground? Never. People wouldn't stand for it. I mean, there are really good doner bufe's here! But its apparently open season on foreign cars, especially when they are parked in front of the castles of the media, and the man is inside, broadcasting while the front door of the building gets ripped down by an angry mob.

Now, it is also looking like the opposition party is set to boycott parliament in protest of the current government's "truthiness." This just keeps getting better and better.

posted by Veruka2 @ 9:28 AM