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[withoutaface]

Which is why I'll be happy to see such activism die a quick death once the SRC has to reform.

 

[Rorix]

waf what happened with the sulc pro vsu protest today? I got an SMS about it but I was busy and figured they didnt have any free sausages =(

 

[walrusbear]

waf what happened with the sulc pro vsu protest today? I got an SMS about it but I was busy and figured they didnt have any free sausages =(

it went ahead
20 or so people seemed to be there
they had bottles thrown at them
then everyone marched on and forgot about them

except channel 7

 

[withoutaface]

And the ABC.
Also we were the lead story on 2GB.

 

[walrusbear]

And the ABC.
Also we were the lead story on 2GB.

what was the ABC spin?
i missed all the news. heard about ch 7 from someone else

 

[Rorix]

it went ahead
20 or so people seemed to be there

Poor organisation = bad turnouts :/

Just randomly SMSing dudes on the day, makes the group small

they had bottles thrown at them

smh @ militant leftists at usyd who feel the need to rip down all liberal advertising, disrupt any liberal activity and so on


edit: did they have sausages :/

 

[walrusbear]

what is the official sulc stance on VSU anyway?

support for the removal of universal funding so clubs like ours aren't supported on campus?

 

[walrusbear]

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=49257

hahaha gotta love the aussie media

those police were under a lot of heavy fire today

 

[Phanatical]

I was there - I was one of the first to take photos of the so-called "police brutality", which are now up at www.andrewquah.com.

It was a fucking stand-off. Anti-VSU students marching in one direction. Pro-VSU students forming a picket line across the road. Of course violence was going to happen, and quite predictably it came from a member of the USYD Socialists.

 

[walrusbear]

yeah i saw your site
it's quite a melodramatic take
a few people threw bottles at the pro-VSUers
the cops were engaged with a handful of people

your photos are careful not to mention the well supported and peaceful rally that continued for the following 4 hours

 

[withoutaface]

what is the official sulc stance on VSU anyway?

support for the removal of universal funding so clubs like ours aren't supported on campus?

SULC is for VSU.

 

[walrusbear]

SULC is for VSU.

fully aware of the stance being potentially hypocritical?

 

[SashatheMan]

no looting? and setting cars of fire? pfff what weak protest.

 

[neo o]

my union fees pay for all the venues our music gets played at so.... yeah, its a huge part of our university lives....and you may say "well thats just you"... there's quite a bunch of us at the con...

but no one cares about the con so meh

Phanatical has said before that the CON provides more in fees to the union than it gets back. I'm not sure about whether what he says is accurate, but it seems logical and may be something worth looking into.

 

[Rorix]

SULC could do without union contributions, it doesn't have many social events or free stuff, as far as I'm aware - the odds drinks every now and then.

Pretty much any of the political groups shouldn't need union funding.

 

[withoutaface]

Most of the SULC events are drinks nights (free to organise) and meetings (also free). So where's the hypocrisy?

 

[Phanatical]

yeah i saw your site
it's quite a melodramatic take
a few people threw bottles at the pro-VSUers
the cops were engaged with a handful of people

your photos are careful not to mention the well supported and peaceful rally that continued for the following 4 hours

I'm just pleased with myself for taking these photos. I'll update it with a less controversial entry later.

 

[walrusbear]

SULC could do without union contributions, it doesn't have many social events or free stuff, as far as I'm aware - the odds drinks every now and then.

Pretty much any of the political groups shouldn't need union funding.

so it's an on campus political group promoting the dismantling of support for other on campus groups
it was established as an extra-curricular university club and wants a university featuring severely diminished extra-curricular activity

you young conservatives are all comedy

 

[walrusbear]

I'm just pleased with myself for taking these photos. I'll update it with a less controversial entry later.

fair enough

i missed it all man
you must have been near the front

 

[Phanatical]

I was at the front, standing in the empty space between the pro-VSU picket and the anti-VSU protesters. It was surreal - neither side moving, both sides preparing for war. Then a single anti-VSU protester takes the initiative, lobbying a bottle at the picket before trying to slip into the crowd. He wasn't fast enough, and was pinned down by the two cops, and the rest is history.