Machina said:
NJ5 said:
Machina said:
I completely disagree. I'm 24, recently graduated from a UK university with not insignificant levels of debt, and have zero sympathy for the protestors.
First of all, the scenes last night were disgusting; why should taxpayers pay for a three year extended holiday for these people? The people who spent all night vandalising public property, urinating against war memorials, laying waste to some of this country's most famous landmarks and hospitalising police officers. And they feel the country owes them something?
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I think it's perfectly fine to disagree with publicly funded education. What I am saying is that the country should get its priorities straight - is it more important to cut public education or to stop the ones that are laying waste on the world's economy?
The scenes of a few rogue protestors damaging some things may make for shocking TV, but you can take it to the bank (lol) that this is nothing next to the damage this never-ending recession is creating and will create.
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They're two completely separate issues, and I'm not even remotely qualified to comment on the second one. But I don't doubt for a moment that it's essential to cut public spending. This is just one area where they're doing that.
And they aren't a 'few protestors'. This is the 3rd demonstration now, and it's happened every single time. It's becoming ridiculous, and the 'it's just a handful of people intent on causing damamge, most of the protestors don't support them, bla bla bla' argument I've been hearing all day simply doesn't wash.
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They are not completely seperate issues. The UK would have money to fund education if it wasn't having to pay for the "mistakes" of banks, widespread Ponzi-schemes and so on. Then as a country you could have a debate on what to do about education instead of being forced into these actions that may or may nor be a good idea.
