Greek protesters target ancient Acropolis

Reasonableness with mobs is a joke.

Reasonableness with government is a farce.

The Greek youth and the police have been fighting for years. The police in Greece are corrupt and they are sick of the government going against their needs.
When you get pushed into a corner the only thing left to do is fight your way out.

I believe in making civil peace happen. War will never end in my time. But how the hell are we going to make peace international if we can't even fucking be peaceful nationally?

From the birthplace of democracy, a revolution is brewing. What will it bring.

We need unity between the citizens and the police. But the protest must be peaceful for that to happen

This what we need to do.

It seems like the protests are moving away from violence and towards other means of getting their message across. This is good news for everyone. But yeah, let's hope they go easy on the Acropolis and other landmarks. Damaging or destroying that kind of world heritage would be counter-productive, no matter what the cause.

They did something here like that, but not really, on the bridge here in SF.

What's the American equivalent of that?

Replacing that big-assed American flag on the Wall Street stock exchange with a "My bad." sign?

I support the Grecian citizens, but violence isn't the answer; it only leads to even more violence. I just hope this is all sorted out soon and peacefully. Though this will make my trip to Greece this coming Spring Break all the more... interesting.

Will zues strike them down or ares have the U.S. Declare ware? we'll find out next week

i wish the protestors would leave ancient greece alone so that they preserve their ancient culture for all to see and experience.

You know what, good for them. If they feel oppressed then they must be oppressed. I'm glad they are taking action. Too bad this didn't happen in our country like it should have with Bush in office.

Using the acropolis is a good idea fro weaving old and emerging powers in the world

I am observing the situation in Greece for some time now, and frankly I still don't understand it. Somehow none of the mainstream media publish any in-depth explanation.

For sure this is a form of social revolt, the scale of the whole thing (in terms of geography and number of participants) is enormous and it's only the violence that faded down by now.

So the key words are corruption and incompetence, plus perhaps economic hardship (details?). Killing of the kid was just the spark.

Can anyone throw in any more details?

Greece is setting an example for the world. Pay close attention.

I'm assuming we'll be seeing some interesting news come in from Greece tomorrow. But as if we haven't been already...

I support the Greek citizens and their protest against the government. But, I hope nothing happens to the Acropolis from either the protesters or the police force.

There should be europe wide shows of student support for them. Violence isnt the answer, but to be fair, neither was shooting a child.

I think the initial violence of the riots may stem down as this turns into a civil movement of protest against corruption and incompetence in government.

I hope that the Greeks get what they want and that Justice is done, that would be two governments ousted in as many months. Maybe Zimbabwe is next?