Democracy Manifest

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"Democracy Manifest" (also known as "Succulent Chinese Meal" and other names) is an Australian viral video and internet meme. It was recorded in 1991 for a news segment by the reporter Chris Reason and uploaded to the Internet in 2009. A number of uploads of the video exist on YouTube, with several having over a million views. The video depicts a man being arrested by Queensland Police at a Chinese restaurant in Brisbane. As the police forcibly detain him, he remarks in a stentorian tone, "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!", "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?", "Get your hand off my penis!", and, after an aborted attempt by a police officer to headlock him, "I see that you know your judo well." A mystery developed about who the man was and what the incident involved, with theories centering on the Hungarian dine-and-dasher Paul Charles Dozsa. In 2020, Australian citizen Jack Karlson (1942–2024) identified himself as the man in the video. He was being arrested...

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