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Barcelona anti-tourism protesters fire water pistols at visitors

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  • Okay. Well I've been to plenty of capital and major cities in London and Barcelona is the only place I've ever seen anti tourist stuff around and heard about this in the media. Granted, I've not been to Lisbon.

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  • Barcelona DOES have a unique reputation for these anti-tourist groups. That's why I said Barcelona was unique. But it's NOT unique in hosting large numbers of tourists. Not even close.

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  • You are defending assaulting strangers who have done nothing.

    The internet is wild.

    • Chronic pain mood

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  • I don't have chronic pain but it's the same with tinnitus.

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  • Yes. Downplay it all you want but it's still assault. Especially when acid attacks are not unheard of.

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  • This justifies assaulting people how, exactly?

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  • Climate protesters don't assault people who are just sitting down eating. It's not the same.

    (I actually would criticise those climate groups for separate reasons but that's a different conversation).

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  • Honestly - I'm quite a well travelled person and Barcelona is absolutely notorious for these groups. They are famous for it. So I stand by what I said. I'm from London and now live in a tourist heavy seaside town. I get it. But it doesn't justify assaulting people.

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  • Sorry, how does any of this justify assaulting tourists?

    I'm from London and now live in another tourist heavy city. It doesn't justify assaulting people.

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  • Screw these guys. Whatever your position on the matter it's not the tourists themselves who are culpable, but the national and local government for allowing their economy to be so reliant on tourism.

    It doesn't justify assaulting and harassing people in the streets.

    Barcelona is not the only city in the world that attracts a large number of tourists. Many cities attract more. Yet Barcelona is the only place I see with so many of these xenophobic nutjobs.

    • Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

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  • It really feels like the grown-ups are in charge again. With a healthy sprinkling of life experience and working class backgrounds.

    • Iranian in UK flees to Israel after pulling off headscarves

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  • Where's the line? Because controlling men force women to cover up all the time with all sorts of pieces of clothing.

    • noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store

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  • Not in Europe. Everyone just uses WhatsApp, even with an iPhone.

    • Rishi Sunak has announced he will step down as the leader of the Conservatives after a historic battering by Labour in the General Election

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  • Yep our country is screwed in many ways but at least we haven't so far dabbled in that kind of madness. It is fundamentally a properly functioning democracy.