dbmtb":3pwlm8p9 said:
1duck":3pwlm8p9 said:
A) they weren't police
B) my children wouldn't be allowed anywhere near a protest whilst we are living in a democratic country, don't like something? don't vote for them.
C)Suspended not sacked, enough said really! just shows everyone agrees with what they did, but that they have to make it look like they care about the fact some nyaffs got a face full of pepper spray. Suspension is a great way to give a member of staff a holiday as a reward for actions which you agree with but can't be seen to support publicly.
Their wealth gives them limitless options other than street protest, so no i have zero sympathy...they are in a position through their parents/social standing to make a real impact on policy/politics without sitting around like a bunch of dossers 'occupying' places. These kids don't know what they stand for because they don't stand for anything, its laughable.
"My children wouldn't be allowed?"
What planet are you on? These are all people over 18 who've left home. This is like Victorian Dad out of Viz FFS. And that goes for you too Technodup.
"They don't stand for anything".
Generalisation on en epic scale there.
Sorry - not read so much tosh in here since a former member who shall remain nameless was writing his inane ramblings - in fact he made more sense than this. GoldenEra made you a massive complement by referring to what you wrote as "rhetoric".
Its funny, when i was at university in italy there was a large movement of left wing students occupying universities and threatening the teachers etc...this was the 1960s, I know plenty of 'children', for we were children even if we were in our 20s, not being allowed by our parents to take part on either side of the political divide. Although in fairness seeing the middle class children spew their spiel about maoism whilst mummy and daddy bought them a cinquecento was as hypocritical then as it is now and would have put me off taking part alongside those morons...their little protest for historical context led to hundreds of deaths...maybe if the university police had pepper sprayed them, then those people wouldn't be dead today.
I wouldn't have taken part anyway, but many friends of mine wanted to take part but were told they couldn't...it's simple if you can't control your children simply because they have turned 18 you did a terrible job of bringing them up, they clearly have no respect for you. Untill they are earning and paying their own way they are children, they are relying on finance from somewhere and as such have no way of protesting if the person with the purse strings tells them to stay home.
They do have limitless options, what do you think the earning total of the parents of all the students in a powerful university have? not to mention the political connections, the business interests etc... There are far better ways to put pressure on the government if you believe in something and your cause is worth believing in, but i'm sure the majority of their parents would tell them to grow up if they went to them for help with their 'occupy' protests. If south africa could be liberated from apartheid by a group of people who were treated as second class citizens, then its hard to believe that a bunch of mainly middle class white students can't influence policy without resorting to these tactics.
Please pray tell...what do they stand for? this i really must hear...because still no one has told us...because your post brought absolutely nothing to the table.
This has all happened in the past and i saw it first hand, they should be grateful that he didn't crack their skulls...he was very reasonable about the whole thing, he gave them plenty of time to leave but they decided to test his authority.
His suspension is little more than a pat on the back no one is going to get sacked for this, if he does it will be a complete miscarriage or pressurised by the media who love to jump on a story and make it far larger than it really is.
They should go back to class, get the education, work their way into the system and change it from there. It takes longer but its far more effective, there is nothing stopping them...its not like they are facing apartheid.
