In Reply to: Oh, come on... posted by cliff on Wednesday, 7. September 2005 at 03:56 Bali Time:
I seem to get into these political discussions a bit too much.... :-)
The protestors at the WEF may have a point, but to tell you the truth, they are so agressive in trying to get their point across, that no one listens. What exactly is their point? I certainly dont know.
What I do know is they are extremely agressive, and from my memories of my uni days, they were made up of a lot of the students that sat around doing very little learning. Unfortunately, it is my hard earned money that pays for these kids to "study". Their attempts in trying to stop people entering the building the WEF is held in, is forcing opinions on others. They seem to think stopping others going about their day to day business is something to be proud of. I'd be more likely to listen if they protested peacefully, and handed out leaflets at the protest. The way they go about it, I'm more inclined not to listen.
As for the theory the rich should distribute their wealth, why not just go with communism? Isnt that a bit more equal distribution than what we have? But then, that didnt work either....