• More Student Protests - More Violence
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this thread lacks america's input so I'll say what's on our minds with England harry potter
I didn't have any lessons on Wednesday so me and a mate picketed our school. I wore my flat cap and we sat on the wall calling people going to the library scabs.
I seriously don't get how Liberal Democrats would side with Conservatives, they have completely opposing views on so much shit, all that this can result in is a fuck ton of chaos.
I sometimes wish a protest or riot would happen in my hometown. Just to make my life interesting :frown:
[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;26338550]I didn't have any lessons on Wednesday so me and a mate picketed our school. I wore my flat cap and we sat on the wall calling people going to the library scabs.[/QUOTE] I would've thrown a brick at you, because apparently that's all these protests are about, hurting people and breaking shit.
[QUOTE=Extroll;26341190]I wish a protest or riot would happen in my hometown. Just to make my life interesting :frown:[/QUOTE] We had one in my city on Wednesday, everyone staged a walk-out at college and marched into the city centre. We walked down the middle of the street until a police riot van came and police started monitoring us. It was amazing how quickly press/media swooped down too. We protested for three or four hours, and there was a good few hundred of us at its peak. What's annoyed me though is, whilst we were noticed and people praised us for doing it on the designated day, people are now trying to organise another march next week, arguing "the suffragettes didn't give up after one go". Worcester is a tiny city, and last time we marched, we were cut off from even getting close to the Tory centre, and idiots in the group then started demanding for the mayor, who could do fuck all. I don't see the point in marching again here, all it's going to do is make people pissed off and seems to be an excuse to piss around. I dunno, am I being miserable?
Some kids at the school near mine protested about this. Funny thing is, they only did it to get out of maths. The whole plan was so that the Year 11 group could dodge a lesson of maths. Half of the school decided to join in and before anyone knew it about 500 kids were stood outside waving A4 lined paper with things like 'UNI FEES ARE BAD' written on them with pen ink.
In the town near where I live, their college did a walkout and picketed the high street. It was pretty amazing actually, they got a ton of signatures, and the police were trying to clear everyone out of the road, but there was this one last guy, who sat down in the middle of the road and refused to get up.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;26341365]I would've thrown a brick at you, because apparently that's all these protests are about, hurting people and breaking shit.[/QUOTE] That's all the media reports on, but it's nowhere near the majority. The people who disagree with the protesters (government, businesses, people who own the media, so forth) want you to think it is, though.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;26343273]That's all the media reports on, but it's nowhere near the majority. The people who disagree with the protesters (government, businesses, people who own the media, so forth) want you to think it is, though.[/QUOTE] true, if you watch the news from the first protest where it got violent, they filmed it like it was the whole protest, but it was only like 200 out of 50k
[QUOTE=Jessbinx;26341798]We had one in my city on Wednesday, everyone staged a walk-out at college and marched into the city centre. We walked down the middle of the street until a police riot van came and police started monitoring us. It was amazing how quickly press/media swooped down too. We protested for three or four hours, and there was a good few hundred of us at its peak. What's annoyed me though is, whilst we were noticed and people praised us for doing it on the designated day, people are now trying to organise another march next week, arguing "the suffragettes didn't give up after one go". Worcester is a tiny city, and last time we marched, we were cut off from even getting close to the Tory centre, and idiots in the group then started demanding for the mayor, who could do fuck all. I don't see the point in marching again here, all it's going to do is make people pissed off and seems to be an excuse to piss around. I dunno, am I being miserable?[/QUOTE] Fucking Suffragettes didn't even get women the vote that was Millicent Fawcett and the NUWSS but whatever HURR DURR VIOLENCE Jesus fucking Christ when I get into power the second thing I do will be to strike the Pankhursts and their thugs from the national curriculum and replace them with the Suffragists who were not only peaceful but actually cared about getting the vote and where the ones who got the first enfranchisement of women into law.
[QUOTE=Capitulazyguy;26349717]Fucking Suffragettes didn't even get women the vote that was Millicent Fawcett and the NUWSS but whatever HURR DURR VIOLENCE Jesus fucking Christ when I get into power the second thing I do will be to strike the Pankhursts and their thugs from the national curriculum and replace them with the Suffragists who were not only peaceful but actually cared about getting the vote and where the ones who got the first enfranchisement of women into law.[/QUOTE] "They didn't succeed themselves so they shouldn't be mentioned" Part of the History curriculum in Scotland at least is knowing about both groups and a common point in either question papers or essays is being able to recognise that Suffragette violence achieved little and could have acted against the movement. Same kind of deal with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
Exactly.
no protests in my home town :sigh:
I find this absoultely retarded. Just a bunch of faggots who think anarchy is cool. Most of those I bet dont/wont go to uni, they're just there to start shit. The more they smash up the more taxes will be used on repairs for the damage they have caused instead of more important things.
[QUOTE=Coffee;26268923]Why are they worried? As long as you don't earn over 23,000 you don't have to pay anything.[/QUOTE] Yes lets waste 3 years in university and then get a low pay so we don't have to pay back the loan.
[QUOTE=Callius;26364606]Yes lets waste 3 years in university and then get a low pay so we don't have to pay back the loan.[/QUOTE] Or start making money and actually pay back for the education you received? [editline]28th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Rasrap Smurf;26275812]I want to go to university because I have a genuine interest in the stuff I learn, what's your opinion on that?[/QUOTE] There is a difference in doing what is interesting to you, and actually getting a job with the education though
[QUOTE=P1X3L N1NJA;26364434]I find this absoultely retarded. Just a bunch of faggots who think anarchy is cool. Most of those I bet dont/wont go to uni, they're just there to start shit. The more they smash up the more taxes will be used on repairs for the damage they have caused instead of more important things.[/QUOTE] Students don't pay taxes, they have nothing to worry about
Most of my friends went to the London protest, we were encouraged to go since all of our teachers are against the increase in fees as well. I'm kind of glad I didn't go because most of them got stuck there and didn't get out until about 8pm. To be honest, I think all the vandalism was a bit stupid, it's good to bring attention and publicity to the matter but if they're running round like a bunch of hooligans smashing things, graffitiing and lighting things on fire then no one is going to respect them and think they deserve what they want. There was also a student walkout at my school involving all the younger years, which is so fucking idiotic, like 12 year old kids walking out of school to go to a protest about university. They were just doing it to get out of lessons.
Hey atleast it's not a protest like we had in Latvia where the only thing smashed was an alcohol store and all alcohol consumed. Then everyone was drunk and went away.
There were more today, and just to make things worse the Welsh Assembly Government has annouced that Welsh citizens will pay [B]thousands[/B] less than the English It was also described as a 'game of cat and mouse' as students tried to avoid police. "Every time they stopped us marching in one direction, we turned around and went in the other direction" [quote] [B]Birmingham[/B] About 50 people are [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-11877270"]occupying the council chamber[/URL] after protesters stormed the city council main offices. About 40 other students have now left the offices' reception area and are demonstrating outside. There have been minor scuffles between protesters and police and security. A city council spokesman said the demonstration in the council chamber was peaceful. "We continue to work with West Midlands Police to monitor the situation," he said. [B]Sheffield[/B] Students are [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-11878811"]demonstrating near Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg's constituency office[/URL] in Sheffield. About 200 students marched from the University of Sheffield to the Nethergreen Road office, but were moved on by police because of the office's proximity to businesses and a children's nursery. The demonstration is taking place on a road 40m (130ft) from the office and has been limited to 100 protesters. South Yorkshire Police Supt Martin Scothern said: "The planned protest site does not lend itself to large-scale assembly and immediately adjacent to the constituency offices are business premises and a children's nursery. "This gives grounds for fearing that the rights of those not involved in protest would be disproportionately affected." Student campaigners have criticised the Lib Dems over the coalition government proposals after the party pledged to oppose tuition fees in the general election campaign. [B] Bristol[/B] Demonstrations began late-morning in Bristol More than [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-11875563"]2,000 people have joined a protest in Bristol[/URL], marching and lighting flares in the city centre. There have been clashes with police, including officers on horseback. Police are containing demonstrators outside Senate House on the university campus. Protester Kester Ratcliff said the demonstration had been mostly peaceful. "I did see one person throw a stone and a few scuffles at the front but nothing much," he said. "I think the police had a better strategy for dealing with the protesters, compared to last week. They seemed to be a lot more hands-off." He added: "I live in Bristol and am applying to study veterinary science at the university here and Nottingham. "If the fees go up someone like me would not be able to cope; as the course is full-on, I couldn't get a part-time job alongside such a practical course." Demonstrators had assembled on College Green at 1100 GMT, before marching towards the Broadmead shopping area, on to the M32 and back to College Green. An attempt by police to block the protesters in at College Green failed with students continuing their march. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said there had been one arrest for criminal damage. Those present included students from the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England. [B]Leeds[/B] University and college students have been joined by some school children in a [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-11876325"]march through the city[/URL] centre. About 500 people attended, according to a spokesman for the students' organisation Leeds University Against Cuts. Some people felt threatened by police, protesters said Protester Cleo Howard, who joined the demonstration at about 1100 GMT, said: "It was very upbeat and people were playing music - but the number of police outnumbered the students." Officers later prevented marchers entering Victoria Gardens Square, she said, adding: "I don't know why as there was no reason I could see to stop us going in. "A few students at the front felt very threatened." Up to 60 pupils walked out of Allerton Grange School in the north of the city in support of the action. Marchers included some students who have been occupying a building at the University of Leeds since last week's protest against higher tuition fees. [B] Oxford[/B] About 30 students entered Oxfordshire County Council's headquarters in the city, while dozens more outside and in nearby Bonn Square chanted and held placards. Thames Valley Police, including mounted officers, later [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-11879219"]moved the protesters on.[/URL] [B]Liverpool[/B] About 400 [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11879481"]students have protested[/URL] in Liverpool. A small number of students climbed on to the roof of an out-of-use footbridge on the University of Liverpool site. They later came down. Another cluster of protesters clashed with mounted police. No-one has been injured so far and one arrest has been made. [B] Manchester[/B] More than a thousand students have joined [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-11877544"]a march through the centre of Manchester.[/URL] Students from the University of Manchester marching through the city centre to Cathedral Gardens. A heavy police presence followed the demonstration. [B] Brighton[/B] Hundreds of protesters have joined a march in Brighton to the town hall, where a candlelit vigil was due to be held. Sussex Police said up to 600 people joined the largely peaceful protest, although some fireworks were set off and some cans and other missiles were thrown. Supt Steve Whitton said it was also "disappointing" that some demonstrators had not stuck to the designated route. [B] Edinburgh[/B] About 300 students marched through the streets of the city as part of the UK-wide day of action. Protesters gathered at Bristo Square before heading down the Royal Mile to a rally outside the Scottish Parliament. Ledys Sanjuan, a 21-year-old international relations student at Edinburgh University, said: "We will not stand for cuts in education. We will also not accept any rises in tuition fees in England or Scotland. "We do feel like we got our message across. People are angry." The rally led to the temporary closure of the public entrance to the Parliament building, but a spokesman said: "Parliamentary business continued as normal and visitors were able to use a different entrance." In Scotland, tuition fees were abolished in 2000, two years after their introduction by the UK government. [B]Belfast[/B] Students staged a sit-in outside the vice-chancellor' s office at Queen's University Belfast. About 50 protesters said they were seeking a meeting with the vice-chancellor, but the students' union said it was not supporting the protesters. The sit-in ended later. [/quote][URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11876501[/URL]
I went to check it out today, the people in Manchester weren't doing much, just standing around. There was this one sigh that said "Margaret Thatcher is a nazi!" Its just an excuse not to go to classes
[QUOTE=Asm;26407272]I went to check it out today, the people in Manchester weren't doing much, just standing around. There was this one sigh that said "Margaret Thatcher is a nazi!" Its just an excuse not to go to classes[/QUOTE] Most schools are closed anyway because of the snow so I bet there were a lot less school children
I wonder if they realise all the people they have pissed off are the ones who are going to become (or already are) the voters by the next election, they will have a whole generation who when they hear the word Tories or Lib Dem will think back to this whole event.
It's called a recession, idiots. Goverment has to cut costs, and this is a good way to do it. Looks like those idiots haven't learned anything, blocking roads and vandalizing property is illegal! Faggots like that who are trying to harm ordinary people's lives don't deserve free education anyway!
[QUOTE=Asm;26407272]I went to check it out today, the people in Manchester weren't doing much, just standing around. There was this one sigh that said "Margaret Thatcher is a nazi!" Its just an excuse not to go to classes[/QUOTE] I didn't even go, I just signed out saying I was going to the protest and went home.
Scotland. That is all
[QUOTE=Milky;26407590]I wonder if they realise all the people they have pissed off are the ones who are going to become (or already are) the voters by the next election, they will have a whole generation who when they hear the word Tories or Lib Dem will think back to this whole event.[/QUOTE] same thing happened with Thatcher, then Blair, and now it comes back around with Cameron. British politics are an endless cycle of being fucked over, then thinking "I'll vote for the other party, they can't be worse" then being sorely mistaken. [editline]30th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Rautatie;26408172]It's called a recession, idiots. Goverment has to cut costs, and this is a good way to do it. Looks like those idiots haven't learned anything, blocking roads and vandalizing property is illegal! Faggots like that who are trying to harm ordinary people's lives don't deserve free education anyway![/QUOTE] I don't think denying poor people an education, which is almost completely necessary in todays market, is a good way to cut costs. Also, they aren't intentionally going out to harm ordinary people's lives, but this is how a protest works. Train driver protests work because without train drivers we can't travel, same with airline pilots. If students strike, they don't really take any service away, so it's up to them to make themselves seen by engaging in good old civil disobedience.
I am completely on the side of the students on this. The government keep bitching about how people need to get back to work, yet they're still making university fees go up so that people can't get the qualifications to get the jobs. I seriously doubt that making these fees go up will be that beneficial to the economy. Oh and also, we have to be the ones to give £7 BILLION of tax payer's money to bail out the Irish - where is the sense in that?
[QUOTE=Rautatie;26408172]Goverment has to cut costs, and this is a good way to do it.[/quote] no it's a terrible way of doing it, but that isn't the point the point is that a lot of these students voted libdem because in their manifesto they expressly said that they would not increase tuition fees, then as soon as they grabbed some power with the tories they tripled the prices. [quote]blocking roads is illegal![/quote] no it isn't [quote]Faggots like that who are trying to harm ordinary people's lives don't deserve free education anyway![/QUOTE] people who use faggot as an insult don't deserve to live
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