I Was Wrong
That was the biggest demonstration I've ever seen in Istanbul. It was definitely something of a scale completely beyond the usual protests. I didn't see the stone throwing, but I saw the size of the protests as I was driving up the street, and Frederike's estimate of the size of the crowd seems about right to me.
• about to cross golden horn bridge#kurds #istanbulhttp://ow.ly/i/ayQo
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• guys with heads covered are the most militant protestors, they carry pkk flag + öcalan pics and need to remain anonymous. #kurds #istanbul
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• • but crowd gets angry at few stone throwers and now it stopped thank god. #kurds #istanbul
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•• protestor wounded, prob by stone against his head. some guys with covered heads threw stones and tried to put shop on fire... #istanbul9 minutes ago via HootSuite• • guy with his head covered breaks stone in 2. crowds security jumps at him, get angry: no stone throwing, no violence!#kurds #istanbul
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• hmm not 10,000 pepple 5 to 7,000? #kurds #istanbul
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• • demo is really huge, 10,000 people? now marching down from taksim, passing tarlabaşı http://ow.ly/i/ayNi
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• • crowd slowly marches, pkk flag still there #kurds #taksimhttp://ow.ly/i/ayMb
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Verdict: The weather has nothing to do with history.
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Jan '11
Re: I Was Wrong
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Tell that to Napoleon.
Re: I Was Wrong
Okay, okay. Point taken. Let me rephrase: A dark, miserable day that does not meet my expectations of "springtime" seems to be less critical to the course of history than, say, invading Russia in the winter.
Dec '10
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Have you considered that a dark, gray, overcast day in spring might be CONDUCIVE to massive protests? First, people who might have taken the opportunity of a fine spring day to do something else may have decided that a demo was the best use of a gray day. Second, protesting can be a hot and sweaty business, so cooler weather may have helped the crowd keep up its energy instead of overheating and succumbing to thirst.