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RIP Loukanikos

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  • 10-10-2014 7:26am
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    wendell borton
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    Loukanikos aka riot dog who confronted riot police during anti austerity protests in Greece has died.



    Sad news from Greece – Loukanikos, the valiant dog who faced down Greek riot police during the height of the eurozone crisis, has died.

    Greek media report that Loukanikos (Greek for sausage) passed away peacefully, having retired from protests in 2012.

    Loukanikos began hitting the headlines in 2010, when the stray hound began appearing in the front line of anti-austerity protests.
    http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/09/greece-riot-dog-loukanikos-dies-eurozone-crisis


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    holystungun9
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    Mmmm sausage.


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    jamesbere
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    He looked like he was enjoying himself.


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    Dr. Mantis Toboggan
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    Here's a picture of him fighting the good fight.


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    jellyboy
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    Woof woof Growl Woof (he just found charlie haughey )


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    Mr. Incognito
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    Seriously?

    No really.

    Seriously?


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    #7
    wazky
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    RIP

    My condolences go to his bitches.


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    iDave
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    So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.


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    BoJack Horseman
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    iDave wrote: »
    So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.

    It will be moved to 'Politics' shortly.


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    fleet_admiral
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    Goodnight sweet mutt


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    nelly17
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    iDave wrote: »
    So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.

    He smoked weed


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    Sheeps
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    Sad day for dog kind.


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    MarkR
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    So a dog barked at some cops? How many days of mourning are they going to have?


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    griffdaddy
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    iDave wrote: »
    So a dog dying in Greece gets a thread on AH.

    He featured in Time magazine and was famous around the world. He's probably done more as a dog than you have as a person.


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    take everything
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    That's ruff


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    Egginacup
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    MarkR wrote: »
    So a dog barked at some cops? How many days of mourning are they going to have?

    More than there'll be for you.


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    iDave
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    griffdaddy wrote: »
    He featured in Time magazine and was famous around the world. He's probably done more as a dog than you have as a person.

    I got into the Meath Chronicle :P


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    Rory28
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    poor little doggie. cool pics tho.


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    MarkR
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    griffdaddy wrote: »
    He featured in Time magazine and was famous around the world. He's probably done more as a dog than you have as a person.

    But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.


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    fryup
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    i heard he was a son of a bitch


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    Rory28
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    MarkR wrote: »
    But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.

    He was the hero Greece deserved not the hero Greece needed.


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    Tabnabs
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    The little fcuker could not keep away from trouble

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=greek+riot+dog&newwindow=1&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8K03VKfBOJLY7AaC_4CgBw&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=611


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    DeadHand
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    Bow Wow Zedong.


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    DeadHand
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    iDave wrote: »
    I got into the Meath Chronicle :P

    Courts section?


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    RobbingBandit
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    Awesome dog.


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    mikom
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    Everybody paws for a minutes silence.


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    Putinovsky
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    MarkR wrote: »
    But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.


    I think the main point was the dog was protective of the people rather than the police, it was able to distinguish between who the real aggressors were. The dog acted towards the protesters like a dog would towards its owner if its owner was being attacked.

    I know its mostly symbolic but it became a huge narrative


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    Philo Beddoe
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    MarkR wrote: »
    But what did he actually do? From what's being said in those brief articles, it seems he got excited and barked at people. Not something out of the ordinary for a dog. Pulled a kid from a burning building? Hell, I'll got to the funeral. Barked at people? Meh.

    Take a look at any crime thread on AH. All those angry tabloid-readers raging about lenient sentencing in Ireland and how the country's sinking into chaos. Have any of them done more to deserve an RIP than Riot Dog?


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    bear1
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    There musn't be much to talk about in Greece....


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    Son Of A Vidic
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    jellyboy wrote: »
    Woof woof Growl Woof (he just found charlie haughey )

    Haughey's in heaven?


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    Rubberchikken
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    worth a lot more than some people i've had the misery of dealing with.
    rip little dog.


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