Patrinos
Amicus
Peloponnesos uber alles
Posts: 4,763
|
Post by Patrinos on May 8, 2010 13:59:37 GMT -5
Mysterious 'Rebel Dog' of Greek riots becoming latest Web iconIt's a time-honored adage that anyone in Washington who wants a friend had better get a dog. But who knew that man's best friend would also be a boon to Greek rioters?
Amid the turmoil of the Greece financial crisis, photos and videos of street protests have turned up a kind of canine "Where's Waldo" figure: a mutt that may have some German shepherd genes, and clearly has a strong interest in civic disorder.
While one can't be certain that it's the same pooch at every protest — Athens is something of a magnet for street-savvy stray dogs — this mutt does sport a distinctive blue collar, which may indicate that, while he's a stray, he's also current on his shots.
By some accounts, the dog has been on the Athens protest scene ever since 2008 (though some say the 2008 pooch is a similar-looking dog named Kanellos who established himself as a fixture at demonstrations and died that year).
The current mutt has won a long string of blog tributes and a number of online nicknames, including "Rebel Dog," "Riot Dog" and "Protest Dog." He even has a Facebook page devoted to him (as "Riot-Dog"). Here's a sample of his protest outings (with apologies to Kanellos partisans if he's inadvertently included here).
|
|
|
Post by Kastorianos on May 8, 2010 14:01:09 GMT -5
This dog is cool.. ;D
|
|
|
Post by EriTopSheqeri on May 8, 2010 17:10:28 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by macmako on May 8, 2010 18:58:47 GMT -5
|
|
Patrinos
Amicus
Peloponnesos uber alles
Posts: 4,763
|
Post by Patrinos on May 10, 2010 8:58:29 GMT -5
lol..go Kannelo...
|
|
|
Post by macmako on May 10, 2010 9:47:43 GMT -5
What a very cool dog. Seems Kanellos does not like uniforms.
|
|
Patrinos
Amicus
Peloponnesos uber alles
Posts: 4,763
|
Post by Patrinos on May 10, 2010 11:17:29 GMT -5
Some say that he is not Kannelos...but his son Loukanikos...lol his place is Syntagma square...
|
|
|
Post by Kastorianos on May 10, 2010 15:48:40 GMT -5
the pic in 1:43 is priceless... ;D
|
|