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Violent Riots in England - Sky News now

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    #272
    Wolfe Tone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,670 ✭✭✭✭Wolfe Tone


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Why was there people in the protests in Belfast shouting at the PSNI officers and calling them scum and RUC and chants of IRA. I didn't think this was a political protest. Was very confused by it.
    Probably because the PSNI still aren't an acceptable police force to a lot of people.


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    #273
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    KeithAFC wrote: »
    Why was there people in the protests in Belfast shouting at the PSNI officers and calling them scum and RUC and chants of IRA.

    People get nostalgic around Christmas.


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    #274
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    MUSSOLINI wrote: »
    Probably because the PSNI still aren't an acceptable police force to a lot of people.

    yeah, the only force acceptable is a RA force? Give up it will never happen.


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    #275
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    Terry wrote: »
    As for huge fees, picture yourself in the land of the free.
    Many students opt to head to the U.S. after graduating, and get jobs there without ever contributing to the economy that gave them very low cost college educations.
    Please remember that when you're sitting in an office in NY beside some dude whose parents forked out €200,000 for the same educaton that you have, whilst giving nothing back to those who paid for your education.

    By the way, god love you for having to get a job. It must be really tough.



    Indeed. More later.



    The protestors? Yep.



    Degrees in 2 years and 4 months? They must be intense courses.

    What makes me laugh is the selfishness of the average Irish student of today.
    You don't know how good you have it.

    Please take into account that your co-workers in the U.S. (yeah, you're going there because you voted FF, and they ****ed up the country, so you're denying responsibility and getting the fúck out) have to pay about €200,000 for their education, but you only had to get your parents to pay a fraction of that, but you go over there with your €8,000 degree and bitch about the raw deal you had at home.

    McDonald's are hiring.
    If you feel that you're too good for that, then you will confirm the fact that all students are a useless bunch of wasters.

    Without your degree and a job to justify your government sponsored education, you're just another waster, and you don't get your degree until you graduate.
    You can't seriously say you agree with the cost of US college?
    Holybejaysus wrote: »
    Did anyone see that Charlie Gilmour (son of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour) has had to apologize after swinging from the Union Jack on the Cenotaph during the riots yesterday?

    What the fooooook is the son of a man worth 80 MILLION doing protesting about fees, I ask? Don't try telling me they can't afford it. What is it about making money that makes people more greedy? I think the term 'Educated Idiot' is apt here....

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1337506/Tuition-fee-vote-riot-Pink-Floyd-stars-son-says-sorry-insulting-Britains-war-dead.html
    Maybe because he feels strongly about it?
    That's like saying anyone is an idiot for trying to raise money to help impoverished nations/areas affected by natural disasters "because it doesn't affect them"
    :confused:


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    #276
    FlutterinBantam
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    Herb Powell wrote: »
    You can't seriously say you agree with the cost of US college?

    Maybe because he feels strongly about it?
    That's like saying anyone is an idiot for trying to raise money to help impoverished nations/areas affected by natural disasters "because it doesn't affect them"
    :confused:


    You see, if he really felt that strongly he could pay the fees of a few students.

    But there is no publicity in that.


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    #277
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    FlutterinBantam wrote: »
    You see, if he really felt that strongly he could pay the fees of a few students.

    But there is no publicity in that.
    maybe he does, ya never know.
    I suppose publicity it what you want though if you want something changed


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    #278
    steve9859
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭steve9859


    SuperInfinity wrote: »

    How about when they decided to raise the college tuition fees from 3,000 pounds to 9,000 pounds per year (36,000 pounds sterling over a degree) in order to bail out the banks? ie. yesterday!!

    Are you serious. Rasing tuition fees to bail out the banks?!?!?!? How about raising tuitiuon fees because providing a university is expensive and those that use it should have to pay!

    Only the very best universities will be charging 9,000, and have you actually read what they have to give in return if they want to charge this amount? - like subsidised places to people from lower socioeconomic groups, and meeting targets for the profile of their intake. It aint going to cost you 9 grand to do your media studies degree at Bournemouth!!!

    If you dont get anything out of it (ie. dont get a good job) then you dont have to pay the loan back. How about getting the facts right instead of trying to generate angre by linking it all back to the bank bailout.


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