At 11:38 AM 5/22/01 +0300, Charlie wrote:
> > At 10:16 PM 5/21/01 +0300, Charlie wrote:
> >
> > >I'm going to a country . . . where
> > >the deputy PM punched someone in the face,
> >
> >
> > I don't know how that particular official is thought of, but my
> > reaction to
> > seeing that incident on the news was that it was nice to see a politician
> > take personal action to defend himself rather than just standing around
> > looking stupid.
> >
> >
> > -- Ronn! :)
>
>Have you seen the full event? He didn't defend himself. He lost his rag.
>
>Protestor lobs egg from about 3 feet, it breaks over Prescotts shoulder and
>back. There's a two second gap in which the 4 police standing right next to
>Prescott did nothing, and Prescott looks round at the protestor, to see him
>laughing.
>
>Then he punches him in the face, left jab straight to the jaw.
Obviously not. On the clip I saw, the impact of the egg was followed
immediately by the punch. If it was as you described, they must have
edited out the gap. That does make a difference in how it looks.
>Mayhem ensues.
>
>Protestor spends evening in the cells for assault.
>
>Prescott carries on with his day.
>
>Prescott didn't punch because he thought he was in danger. He punched
>because the guy was laughing at him.
As I said above, on the news here, it looked like he was hit and
immediately hit back.
Can't believe every(any?)thing you see on the news.
>Not a great trait in a politician.
>
-- Ronn! :)
