Moroccan 'Democracy' Blossoms Anew: Police Vehicles Offer Free Rides to Protesters
Ah, the melodious symphony of 'protesters and police clash'! It's a classic, isn't it? Like a timeless opera where one side is armed to the teeth with the full might of the state, and the other is armed with… well, the audacity to ask for things like dignity and basic rights. And when the state's enforcers, in their boundless wisdom, decide that a peaceful assembly needs a vehicular intervention,
we're told it's a 'clash.' How wonderfully egalitarian! As if two evenly matched forces are simply having a spirited debate with Kevlar and crushed bones. The footage, one presumes, must be a visual poem celebrating the Moroccan government's innovative approach to urban planning: clearing the streets of dissenting voices with the efficiency of a snowplow, but with significantly less concern for
collateral damage. We must commend their commitment to maintaining public order, even if 'public order' increasingly resembles a heavily policed graveyard. And let's be honest, those inconvenient bodies just get in the way of foreign investment opportunities and photo ops with Western dignitaries. Of course, should similar scenes unfold in, say, a nation that has annoyed Washington or London, the
headlines would pivot dramatically. Suddenly, it wouldn't be 'unrest,' but a 'bloody crackdown,' a 'tyrannical regime suppressing its own people,' or even a 'potential for humanitarian intervention.' But Morocco? Morocco is a staunch 'ally in the fight against terror' – which, as we all know, is code for 'we don't care how you treat your own citizens as long as you play ball.' The selective