Kwerl@lemmy.zip to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoFrance school protests escalate into ‘urban violence’ as Prime MInister calls crisis cabinet meetingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down15
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minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·21 hours ago It makes the protest look like a wild riot This is not a bad thing. A protest that doesn’t offer the threat of a riot is nothing but a parade.
minus-square0tan0d@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 hours agoAs an American I was so impressed that the students immediately saw though the bullshit system that knows time is on its side. Ots obvious their problems were being ignored but the state can’t ignore a fire.
minus-squarebigmamoth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·21 hours agoThoses are kids what threat do they pose ?
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 hours agoIf nothing else, a riot threatens commerce. People aren’t buying things when there’s a riot, even if nobody is looting.
This is not a bad thing. A protest that doesn’t offer the threat of a riot is nothing but a parade.
As an American I was so impressed that the students immediately saw though the bullshit system that knows time is on its side. Ots obvious their problems were being ignored but the state can’t ignore a fire.
Thoses are kids what threat do they pose ?
If nothing else, a riot threatens commerce. People aren’t buying things when there’s a riot, even if nobody is looting.