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Re:Twitter begins hiring to comply with India’s new rules by forcry on Friday July 09, 2021 @06:53AM (#27782380)
> except when you're in charge of the law and order of a city, and you have messages such as these doing the rounds in the midst of a large scale protest.

I think that cannot justify it. There are lines that should not be crossed, no matter what.

Because if some kind of unrest gives you the justification to take some freedom away from the people, then nothing is preventing you from staging such an unrest, and proceeding to do exactly what you wanted.

> legitimize people armed with daggers and sickles and machetes belonging to sundry outfits pouring out onto the streets and indulging in arson, rioting, and murder.

Also can you give be some proof that this was happening?

Re:Twitter begins hiring to comply with India’s new rules by msravi on Friday July 09, 2021 @07:32AM (#27782594)
> Also can you give be some proof that this was happening?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Farmers'_Republic_Day_pro...

The agitating protestors vandalised a DTC bus and police vehicles. According to the police, the protestors used sticks, iron rods, pelted stones, while some Nihang protestors rode on horses fully equipped with deadly weapons like swords, kirpans and fursas and some protesters even used their tractors to run over the police. Some protesters driving their speeding tractors rammed barricades and attempted to mow down the policeman on duty

Another example, another city, another social media post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Bangalore_riots

Re:Twitter begins hiring to comply with India’s new rules by forcry on Friday July 09, 2021 @08:27AM (#27782964)
So I think we can agree that there was a clash with police.

But you were saying the farmers where indulging in murder.

so do you have a number (and source for the same), for how many were murdered by the farmers, during this event?

Re:Twitter begins hiring to comply with India’s new rules by msravi on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:57AM (#27783711)
> But you were saying the farmers where indulging in murder.

I said no such thing.

Re:Twitter begins hiring to comply with India’s new rules by forcry on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:12AM (#27783852)
>The messages are used to legitimize people armed with daggers and sickles and machetes belonging to sundry outfits pouring out onto the streets and indulging in arson, rioting, and murder.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27781810