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Originally posted by Rockpuck
www.irishtimes.com...
Also in the news but largely overseen, the Irish Government today just cut their National Minimum Wage by 1E /hr .. or a 12% income decrease mandated by the Gov.
Originally posted by Rockpuck
And the Class Warfare continues..
www.bbc.co.uk...
The UK and Dutch Governments have forced Iceland to take another deal regarding Icelandic citizens paying back the brits and Dutch for their reimbursement of accounts from the failed Icelandic banks..
total around 4b euros with an interest rate of 3% to the Dutch and 3.3% to the British.
If the Icelandic government considers it, the people will riot again, if not they have to hold a referendum .. which would be shot down by an over whelming majority.
Originally posted by snoopyuk
i would hardly say awesome...causing untold damage and injurys.
thugs spoiling a a good honest demonstration......
disgusting in my opinion...
snoopyuk
Originally posted by detachedindividual
Originally posted by snoopyuk
i would hardly say awesome...causing untold damage and injurys.
thugs spoiling a a good honest demonstration......
disgusting in my opinion...
snoopyuk
So when a senior member of parliament has stated on camera for the nation to see that "protests will not change anything", what then?
Peaceful protest is great, when it is actually seen or heeded by those in positions of power. When they categorically state that they will ignore public opinion and make their changes regardless of protest, what do you do then?
I ask this every time when someone posts with an opinion like yours, but not one person can tell me what they would do in such a case.
In addition, when protesters are told to go in one direction to leave, and they move there only to find a line of riot police and horses charging at them, what do you expect?
If I had been there and wanted to leave, was told to go in one direction and was then chased by officers on horseback and beaten with batons, I'D BE FIGHTING BACK TOO!
So please, tell me what the solution is. I'd really like to know what the alternatives are because every time it's brought up no one can tell me.
Originally posted by snoopyuk
reply to post by detachedindividual
sorry but NO...., my sister is VP of Education and Welfare for the NUS in the UK. she is there now and has said several times on here msgs`s that right from the start it was a peacefull protest , and right from the start it was infiltrated by Anarchist groups and other groups like EDL, S7 and other extreme groups...all they were interested in was causing damage , when normal students and organiser`s of the lawfull protests tried to stop them `they `were attacked.
so what is it violence and anarchy or respecting the law ???
eg. what has smashing up Topshop and other criminal damage got to do with student fees ????
snoopyukedit on 9-12-2010 by snoopyuk because: sp