^ Some people have also called the repeal of the long-form census a defence of privacy rights.

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I still don't know why they host G20 summits, because I seriously wonder what they accomplish other than the host city getting trashed, dozens if not hundreds of people arrested and detained (often illegitimately), and sometimes people get killed. Couldn't they all, I don't know, have a Skype call and save the tax payers a boatload of money, and if they did have to meet up, not spend millions on making things like fake lakes and other giant money sinks? The G8 summit in Huntsville had barely any protestors because nobody wants to drive that far up North, and the police can block off the highways leading it it. Why not hold the G20 there, or at one of the several military bases where you can easily prevent civilian access?
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I agree that it shouldn't be held in the middle of large cities, but I'm sure there are people who wouldn't like that on the grounds that it makes the world leaders in question less vulnerable to the angry fly-in mob.

On another note, protests of that sort are a rotting corpse to the maggots that are the protesters.

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There is a reason that every single one of those people on the right is carrying a camera. They're standing around waiting for some drunken college student to attack police and get struck, so that they can snap a few pictures and call it brutality or assault. Police in this country are restricted heavily in what they can do to both defend themselves and uphold law and order.

Legislation should favour the police officer over the criminal.