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Consider that if the student demo had gone entirely peacefully, it barely even would have made the news.
I was at the very peaceful student demo in London in Nov. '07 and we brought the city to a standstill. We were protesting the introduction of tuition fees by the newly elected Labour gov. It did get a clip on the evening news however, about 3 seconds. We were all packed in the UCL union, and were very surprised with the lack of media coverage.

What happened after 1 million peaceful protestor took to the streets and protested the illegal Iraq war invasion? Nothing.

Nomadking, what is this nonsense about the tuition fees being no problem in America? I spent some years growing up over there, for your information it IS a problem over there, its a complete rip off and everyone knows it. Basically if you come from a poor background, good luck affording education.

However for those that can partly afford it, the cost is at least somewhat offset by the fact that the overall tax rate in the US is a tiny fraction of what it is here. In the US, its all about me me me, screw everyone else. Just take a gander at how the healthcare bill has been recieved by the wider US public, nuff said.

If in the UK we get screwed by our government, then in the US they are most certainly screwing each other. The US model is not, and has never been a template for us to model our own society around.

It is insane that students in the UK should be expected to pay the ridiculous tax rates we have here, and yet also have to pay for their own education to boot.

Everyone benefits from education. The primary underlying difference between the 21st century society and that of neolithic stone age society is education.
Everyone benefits from it, everyone should pay for it.

Well done students, you made your point but still a long way to go.