Student Activism in the USA

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Derek Smith said:

Fast and Spurious said:

Derek Smith said:

One of the main differences between the 70s and now is the behaviour of students. There is, seemingly, a lack of reaction to government policies. Back in the day, there would have been lots of students protesting about sending refugees to a country that, when there was a way of applying for political asylum, people could claim asylum from. Students should question.

I feel that what's happening in Palestine is appalling. We have largely passive demonstrations against it in various cities, particularly London, and the government response has been to ignore this swell of opinion. I feel like demonstrating. It's an affront to decency. The casual dismissal of deaths of innocents is enough to make anyone angry. But it took the deaths on non-Palestinians to generate a mild rebuke. A sit-in by students in the country that funds the attacks on innocents, and continues to do so, is a mild response. Good on 'em. Americans should be ashamed of what their country is doing to the middle-east. I'm just glad someone has noticed.

Innocents? Ah, bless!

Do you assume that Hamas was 34,000 strong? 'Cause that's roughly how many Palestinians have been killed. There have been 224 aid workers and lots of journalists. I'm not sure what your definition of innocent is, but I assume it includes the 13,000+ children. Ah, bless is a rather pathetic response to all these deaths.

(Figures are about a month old I believe. They have gone up of course.)

There's a lot more militants than 34,000 in Gaza