Originally posted by jazz10
reply to post by kolcath
When football hooligans go on the rampage whats the difference to what happened the other day?
Because they generate immediate / short term cash.
Investing in the education of youngsters generates benefits later, for when they start working.
Since the government doesnt care much about them and only sees them as "costs", there you go.
As a human beeing, you can be a citizen, a ressource, an asset.
But the reality is that our govs are leading our countries like they would manage a pension fund or a hedge fund. They simply do not care about building a better future.
The future in their poor minds only go as far as the next elections.
Now, I'm gonna use my deep, serious, monotone voice and say :
I wish people were less anal about these riots and embrace them like a new fact of life.
You can go fetch you favorite sociologists/psychologists and they'll probably tell you the same thing with cute phrasing.
The real culprits are those that force that kind of legislation knowing very well of the risks. They take the risks, they should be paying.
