Romanian Public Protests

**Montmorency** · 02-09-2017, 00:35

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 02-09-2017, 04:49

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

200.000 people light up their phones in protest.

Wow

Originally Posted by Montmorency

Wrong thread?

**Montmorency** · 02-09-2017, 05:11

Associations.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 02-09-2017, 17:57

Originally Posted by Montmorency

Associations.

An excellent example of why one shouldn't just post a video without context.

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 02-09-2017, 18:43

Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus

An excellent example of why one shouldn't just post a video without context.

What are you about PVH? Bucking for a moderator job or something?

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 02-10-2017, 00:11

Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh

What are you about PVH? Bucking for a moderator job or something?

God, I hope not.

**Pannonian** · 02-10-2017, 00:15

Originally Posted by Montmorency

Associations.

Haka is Union, not Association.

**edyzmedieval** · 02-12-2017, 20:33

50.000 people protested tonight and formed a Romanian flag in front of the palace of the government (Victoria Palace - not the huge Palace of the Parliament).

Will come back with a photograph.

**Greyblades** · 02-12-2017, 20:40

Refreshing to see something that could be considered a grassroots movement in this age, for once.

**Pannonian** · 02-12-2017, 20:41

Originally Posted by edyzmedieval

50.000 people protested tonight and formed a Romanian flag in front of the palace of the government (Victoria Palace - not the huge Palace of the Parliament).

Will come back with a photograph.

Footage of the event.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 02-12-2017, 21:56

Has this become 4Chan? Come on guys, are we just trying to pointlessly inflate our post-count now?

On topic - protests continue, less intensely in Bucharest but they are spreading to other cities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/09/w...smtyp=cur&_r=0

Corruption is so embedded in the medical system that it’s nearly impossible to change without the help of the judicial system. A lot of my colleagues do take bribes from their patients. Some of them won’t treat someone who doesn’t offer them money, although Romania’s medical system guarantees free access to medical services. I don’t take money from my patients, and when I refuse their money, some get worried, thinking I refused them because they have some sort of terminal disease. Some think you’re a low-quality doctor if you treat them without charge.

On protesting: I went to all of the protests that have taken place in Bucharest during the last three weeks. Like so many others, I felt that the recent government decree, which was adopted at 10:30 p.m., was the first sign that Romania was turning away from democracy and the rule of law.

— Dan Arama, 31, a doctor in Bucharest.