Protests in Sydney

I thought they wee protesting about a few blokes who had more money than they did??????

I was listening to talkback radio about this on the way to work (yeah... I admit I listen to talkback). It came to light that out of those arrested, they were ALL aged between 20 and 24.

Do they need an education..... or a "lesson"?

Isn't it because they are Influential Business People . . . Some of the Top Ranking Businessmen (haven't heard of any females) in the World.

The sort of people that "could" apply a little pressure to Pollies ?

Professional Protestors , wouldn't feed any of them

I'm just glad I live in a country that allows protests.

I wonder what these people would think about 4WDers protesting about the closure of tracks?

I seem to remember being classed just the same way during the moritorium protests of the 70s, but everyone of my generation now thinks that those protests were valid and went a long way to changing the nature of Australia and encouraging us all to question what governments do in our name.

............I'm not about to start throwing stones.

Cheers

My 2 bobs worth:

Uni lectures, tutes etc take up about 20 to 24 hrs / week for 4 subjects.
3 subjects = 18 hrs per week.
The rest is study/ assignments etc etc.
Attendance at lectures is not compulsory - just attend the tutes and pass the exams.
Therefore there is a lot of free time to attend protests etc.

If you fail the exams the Uni usually requires a reason for not expelling you
ie other subjects were ok - you attended the tutes, you did the assignments.
Fail a second time and you better have a bloody good reason!!

Most attend protests to watch - I did, and the free food (Austudy is pretty miserable).

Re waste of Govt money.
The amount the Govt spends on unemployed is miniscule in comparison to what the spend on themselves and infrastructure. (police , electricity, water etc etc).

The max an unemployed single person can get (including rent subsidy if rent > $200wk) is $507/ fortnight. ie $253 p/week.
Try living on this in Sydney.
Unemployed do NOT want to be on the dole unless they live at home.

Regards
Donk
ps maybe thats 4 bobs worth.

Hey Time

You like to question our government ! You supported Ho Chi Min , I wonder if they can question their government . The troops I worked with in Vietnam were magnificant . I couldnt describe your mob without obscenities .

This is my first EVER post - can I just say from north Qld that it's great to see someone actively using 'doofus'. I thought that this word was becoming extinct ... great to see it to be used describing razor dodgers!