Russell Chapman wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> >(Maybe someone needs to point out just how much gasoline is being wasted
> >per minute, and how much air pollution is being produced per minute, every
> >time a street is blocked.)
> >
> Or how many people they get offside by causing maximum disruption to the
> ordinary citizens who are trying to go about their daily lives.
> It's worse here because the workers are sitting in traffic knowing that
> their taxes are paying these protestors to mess up the streets... The
> protest groups just love that unconditional welfare and subsidised
> lifestyle...
All *I* know is that some of them are unemployed, but the way unemployment
insurance works, their benefits aren't really coming out of *my* pocket,
anyway. (And any benefits based on any forms *I* had to fill out and any
checks *I* had to write on behalf of my employer are long expired. I
don't think we ever had any layoffs, either.) Those who haven't run out
on unemployment, anyway. And some of those who have are too busy trying
to make a buck on an odd job to make more than half the protests, if even
that many.
Now, the ones who are students at the state-run university, those are a
different matter entirely, but I figure I can avoid the immediate vicinity
of the UT campus for awhile. (The last time I was there was for Sammy to
participate in a developmental psychology experiment, and I know a way to
*that* building that avoids the places most likely to be blocked by
protesters, at least *getting* there. The way out again might be a little
more problematic.... Although, you know, I could always go *north* on
Guadalupe....)
Julia
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