“watchful eye” – you clearly haven’t been watching here closely enough, or you would have realised that no-one on this particular messageboard is advocating anything other than peaceful protest.
I’ve just seen yet another message supporting this protest and it contains a specific request not to cause violence.
there are actually rules on this board and one of them is that people do not advocate violence or abuse of any kind; whether it is because of something that happened at a rave or any other reason such as their political beliefs. posts which contravene this rule are edited or removed.
TBH the kind of people who would start trouble at a demo like this or anywhere else are unlikely to read this particular board (or for that matter be able to read or or work a computer!)
Even if you are “official”, your message has no weight whatsoever posted anonymously from a civillians internet connection. You could be anyone…. and are you actually authorised to speak to the media (which includes message boards such as this) on behalf of your employers?
Most public sector workers are not, and have to go through their press offices; if anything to avoid mixed messages (for instance you seem to think there is a law against street drinking in Edinburgh , yet I have also checked the official sites and not found anything of that nature). I am rather concerned that you seem prepared to “enforce” a law that does not exist!
Our users are intelligent people and know where to look on the official sources for info on what they can and cannot do at this demonstration, such as the lothian and borders police website.
If you aren’t just a joker, you are probably a CCTV operator for Edinburgh.
I’ve not got a problem with that as we have them in my city too and sometimes they do good work – but the tone of your messsage makes me think you are angry and frustrated that this demo has even been allowed to happen – and just looking for somewhere to whinge.
Fair enough – I can understand that as I do think certain aged pop stars are stirring the pot even more and every large gathering of people does present a security risk in the present climate – but you also have to play by the rules – and one of those is you enforce the law that is in the statue books, not the law as coloured by your personal preferences.
TBH your time would be better spent watching those monitors and keeping the city safe (whether there is a demo or not) than making random anon posts to messageboards….
