Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

Well 'Students' are a diverse group so the arguments don't suddenly become invalid because a minority rioted. It's been pretty quickly condemned by the organizers and the National Union of Students in strong terms, nothing like the non-committal statements given out by UAF or EDL ones.

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That is true ,but unfortunately students do get a lot of bad press mostly their own doing it has to be said and this episode does more harm than good to a otherwise just cause .The decent students will unfortunately be tarred with the same brush now

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

So 50,000 students are **** because 24 people are hooligans..

I think that most of us are capable of reading the facts rather more fully and of drawing a much fairer conclusion.;)

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

Only by people who want to do so. Students are a distinct group which people already know, they will only tar them with the same brush if they had no experience of them before or if they were a group that seems to do little else but protest (UAF,EDL again).

A lot of people will have either been one or have a child who was or is a student. They are unlikely to get confused.

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

who said that ? certainly not me i suggest you read posts Maggie before commenting :rolleyes:

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:clap:
exactly -the majority of students are descent folk ,its not their fault that a small bunch of idiots hijacked the day .

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

32 arrested, 2 dozen more still causing trouble, others away from the 'front line' and so not arrested. That all adds up to more than 24.:rolleyes:

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

there is that aswell .

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

So what? 7 + extra and we condemn every student who protested peacefully and then went home?Don't roll your eyes at me..:p:

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

OK. So make it 50. Out of 50,000. That's 1/10th of a percent. I suspect that 1/10th of a percent of the general public would be up for a bit of a riot when given the opportunity. A look at a city centre on a Friday or Saturday night would suggest the number is quite a bit higher.

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

yes that's what i thought ,no-one said anything about all students being **** because of a few louts .If you read the post i quite clearly state that unfortunately all students will be tarred with the same brush ,that is my opinion ,it does not mean that i think all students are **** ,the same as i don't think all students are drunken idiots just because a few organize "drink untill you pass out parties".so please don't try to twist my words .

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

Oh I'm sorry I obviously somehow got a tone of negativity against students from that post.If that wasn't your intention I apologise.

I'm merely asking for everyone to keep this story in proportion.;)

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

I don't like the idea of fees, but at least they have not gone with all of the proposals from the Browne Review (a review set up by the previous Government), such as e.g. unlimited fees. They're also increasing the repayment threshold, making it much fairer than the stupidly low threshold set by the previous Government.

By the way, how would you propose that the Government funded things if it kept tuition fees at their current level?

Re: Students Rioting in London.
 

Sell more places to foreign students?