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Old 11-05-2009, 05:45 PM
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A U2 show marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall has run into controversy - after organisers built a wall around the venue.

A two metre barrier has been erected around the Brandenburg gate to keep out people without tickets for the show.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Controversy over U2's Berlin wall

Tickets, by the way, that were distributed for free online :doh:
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Old 11-05-2009, 05:53 PM
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Tickets, by the way, that were distributed for free online :doh:
I don't get what that has to do with it. Do you mean that the protesters are dumb because they could have just got a free ticket if they wanted in? Or that the wall doesn't need to be there if it's a free public concert? Because either way it figures they'd need some limit on the crowd size for safety or logistical reasons. Or did you mean something else entirely?


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Old 11-05-2009, 05:56 PM
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Tickets, by the way, that were distributed for free online :doh:
I don't get what that has to do with it. Do you mean that the protesters are dumb because they could have just got a free ticket if they wanted in? Or that the wall doesn't need to be there if it's a free public concert? Because either way it figures they'd need some limit on the crowd size for safety or logistical reasons. Or did you mean something else entirely?


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I meant that there's no need for a barrier at a free concert. There are no walls at the Love Parade. There have never been walls when there were demonstrations that brought in way more people than this concert would.
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Old 11-05-2009, 05:58 PM
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It's a U2 concert. Maybe the wall is to keep the attendees from leaving.

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That's exactly what I'd like to do to Bono.
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That's exactly what I'd like to do to Bono.
That's outrageous, Null. The man has saved the world more times than even Sir Bob Geldoff. :nojustno:
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Wait, how many times did he save Bob Geldof?
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It's definitely more than three times but he doesn't like to talk about it.
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:leak: :larrow: pissing off a berliner
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Default Re: New Berlin Wall pisses off Berliners

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There are no walls at the Love Parade.
There are 10 ft. high fences all along the stree of tears, though. At least there were when I went on that pilgrimage in '97. Note to other claustrophobes: Don't mix mushrooms with a million person march down a fenced-in street of tears. :shudder:
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