It's December 6th and I've got cabin fever. I've been inside all day. No, not because it is cold out (al contraire, it is a balmy 60 degrees), but because anything I might possibly want to do today would be done downtown, which is where Greek anarchists are rioting. Rioting, you ask? Here's a little background info. Last year on December 6, a 15-year old boy was shot at by police after throwing rocks at a cop car. Supposedly the shots weren't aimed at the boy, but they ricocheted off of a wall and killed him. This incident gave anarchists just enough reason to start a riot which included looting stores, burning down an H&M, breaking the windows of a Starbucks, releasing tear gas in the streets and throwing rocks at riot police. Tonight on the news it looked like last year's events all over - except even messier due to the fact that the trash collectors are on strike this week and every street corner is overflowing with heaps of rotten garbage (perfect fodder for anarchist fires).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8396693.stm
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