Nothing beefs up an argument better than bringing the Nazis into it.

While you may feel that broken windows and other acts of vandalism and the fear they instill are not worth pursuing, you would probably feel differently if it was your window that was broken or your family that was scared for their safety.

Some have called these crimes "victimless", but they are not. We are all victims of these useless crimes. We all pay the cost of the cleanup - either through higher costs passed along by the businesses affected or higher insurance rates to cover the losses.

A lot of people don't understand that, when you attack the police, you are not making a statement against authority, you are attacking the community served by the police.

I must distinguish that I am not talking about acting against the unjust actions of a police officer, but the unprovoked attacks against people that we, as a community, entrust with preserving the public order. There are many just arguments that individual police officers committed offences during the protests (and some of been deservedly repremanded), but no one car argue that a police vehicle sitting in the street did them wrong.

Those police vehicles were destroyed in a wanton rampage and no matter how long they were left there, there can be no justification for torching them.

I think it's about time there was a response to this Black Bloc crap. No one should have the right to anonymity preserved in the comission of a crime.

The purpose of protest is to be noticed. Too many people are using legetimate protest as a cover for hooliganism, and it's a shame.

While 10 years is a lot, it's the maximum. I'd be surprised if it wasn't just double the maximum for doing the same thing without a mask, which seems perfectly fair to me. I think the majority of cases will involve people in masks being arrested, identified and released without charge. Hopefully it will reverse the trend of anonymous violence embedded in legitimate protest.

I get the distinct impression will be seeing a surge in Italian YouTube videos with a "Screw you, Berlusconi" theme.

This sounds like a materially adverse change to your Blackberry service. You should be able to cancel your contract without an ETF. Maybe if enough people do this, they will fix it.