Comments on: Hungary’s 2006 Uprising Turns My Stomach http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/hungarys-2006-uprising-turns-my-stomach/ Composer and Teacher Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:12:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Kaulkin http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/hungarys-2006-uprising-turns-my-stomach/#comment-151 Michael Kaulkin Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:27:16 +0000 http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/173#comment-151 Yeah, I've now read several accounts that indicate the police were excessively harsh and indiscriminate. So, I still think this was all orchestrated by right-wing groups, but the police should have been reined in. The whole thing is really sad. Yeah, I’ve now read several accounts that indicate the police were excessively harsh and indiscriminate.

So, I still think this was all orchestrated by right-wing groups, but the police should have been reined in.

The whole thing is really sad.

]]> By: Scott Lunt http://www.michaelkaulkin.com/hungarys-2006-uprising-turns-my-stomach/#comment-150 Scott Lunt Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:51:08 +0000 http://www.aboutthecomposer.com/blog/archives/173#comment-150 Here in Budapest things are still tense. While I was disturbed by the sheer negligence for safety and property that the protestors demonstrated (not to mention the obvious reference to Nazi Germany by waving the white and red flag), I was also disturbed by the agression of the police. They had no need to persue the demonstrators whose biggest crime was simply blocking traffic, that is until the police showed up. I was continually amazed that the police actually moved forward on the offensive and, at the end of the event, they had surrounded the protesters and had fun with the billy clubs. I saw it with my own eyes. It was utterly unnecessary. Here in Budapest things are still tense. While I was disturbed by the sheer negligence for safety and property that the protestors demonstrated (not to mention the obvious reference to Nazi Germany by waving the white and red flag), I was also disturbed by the agression of the police. They had no need to persue the demonstrators whose biggest crime was simply blocking traffic, that is until the police showed up.

I was continually amazed that the police actually moved forward on the offensive and, at the end of the event, they had surrounded the protesters and had fun with the billy clubs. I saw it with my own eyes. It was utterly unnecessary.

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