And a Dash of Violence..

Isn't a non-violent protest somewhat of a contradictio in adjecto?
For full two months people in Croatia, the vociferous ones, have clamoured for change. The monied politicians' strategy is simply ignoring burning issues and, as they know not differently, going through the same ineffectual motions.
American Founding Fathers compared revolutions to going to a doctor's and applying a leech. A little outflow of blood, they say, is beneficial.
Another friend funnily commented it is humiliating that Arabs came there before us. God, even the infamous Franjo Tudjman said something to the effect that none grant liberty.