I don't disagree with what Keith says about the youngsters having no
intellectual arguments to bear. I would just have to extend that to include
the bankers, finance ministers, media spin doctors and CEOs who promote all
this neo-liberalism free trade hoakum. They too have no intellectual
arguments to bear even though they may couch their special pleading in the
superficial form of "intellectual arguments". Their main purpose is wanting
to draw attention (or financial gain) to themselves or, in many cases to
AVOID drawing attention to themselves while pursuing financial gain.
Keith Hudson wrote,
>> But this is taking me away from the main point of this discussion. I
>> disagree with Ed. I still think that the rioting youngsters are just using
>> Kyoto, WTO, TNCs, GM crops, etc, as pretexts. They just happen to be
>useful
>> alibis. Worthy though those causes may be (or may not be), it's clear that
>> the youngsters have no intellectual arguments to bear. So they have a riot
>> instead. Their main purpose is still that of wanting to draw attention to
>> themselves, to be noticed, to be let into the adult world.
>>
Tom Walker
