Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
Claire Berlinski, Ed. ·
Jun 19, 2011 at 10:31am
This is Lokanikos. He's said to be a stray who for some reason just loves anti-austerity protests. He barks at the police and runs from tear gas. He's been showing up at Greek protests for years (the article doesn't explain what kind of protests he came to before the austerity plan). His name means "sausage."
Cheer up, Germans! How can you feel churlish about spending your life savings to bail out the feckless Greeks when they've got such a cute mascot?
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Apr '11
Re: Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
Another link to the YouTube video of Lokanikos, the riot dog..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAsyxoaDGuI
May '10
Re: Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
It's Che Guevara reincarnated.
Aug '10
Re: Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
I'm a little surprised Sausage isn't a dachshund -- they're the wienerdogs, after all.
Re: Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
Viator: Another link to the YouTube video of Lokanikos, the riot dog..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAsyxoaDGuI · Jun 19 at 10:36am
Great video. That dog makes rioting look so upbeat, doesn't he?
May '10
Re: Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
Y'know, I think your cat fancidom is blinding you to what makes for an actual cute dog. As a dog person since birth, when they were lickin at me in the manger, this one's got no game. Not all that, nor even a bag of chips. It's a sad comment on the state of modern Greece is this is the best they can do.
Nov '10
Re: Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
Meet Lokanikos's nemesis: Pupandreau.
http://deathby1000papercuts.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/5cimages5cphotos5cangry20puppy.jpg
Sep '10
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The dog is not the only one who's been conditioned out there.
Oct '10
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Modern dogs are bred as far as adolesence, thats why they like you and want play rather than eat you straight out of the gate.The lack of Adult behavior explains the dog, the analogy applies to the rest of the protesters. Look at the picture of the dog closely. If you know dogs, thats the what am I gonna get thats good look.
Edited on Jun 19, 2011 at 3:54pmOct '10
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Aren't German life savings on the line only if Greece goes bankrupt (dealing a blow to German banks)? I'm kindof confused, they're just pissed at fiscal transfers, right? Hard to avoid at this point; even a Greek default would entail an implicit German fiscal transfer (the Germans would bail out their banks rather then the Greeks, but the result would be similar).
I personally think the Europeans are coddling their banking systems. Countries with fiscally responsible governments (like Ireland and Spain, not Greece of course) shouldn't be punished for accept bailouts that benefit foreign holders of bank debt, paid for by the hard-earned taxes of their own citizens. Both countries should simply let their banking systems go bankrupt, then pick up the pieces.
Edited on Jun 19, 2011 at 5:39pmAug '10
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I've always loved that Greek sausage with the orange peel--the brand I get spells it Locanico. Now I hope they're not putting orange peel in there to mask the taste of dog.
Oct '10
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I miss having Loukanikos and Saganaki at my favorite restaurant in Greektown in Chicago. Opa!
I'll give it all away, though, for the rest of my life, if the cradle of western civilization will pull its collectiv(ist) head out of its [elided for non-conformance to Ricochet's code of conduct].
Oct '10
Re: Sausage the Greek Protest Dog
Sorry, It to mask the taste of donkey.... The Brits liked imported sausage until they found out the ingedients...True story...