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Article #79Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1 July 2005
From: Jon Senior
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:17
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 20:17
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M Holmes wrote: > You say that like it's a Good Thing. If you understood Edinburgh at all, > you'd realise that if the City Council is on one side of something, it's > time to start considering whether the other side might not be the one > that has it right. For a given point of view. I presume that you voted Nay to the congestion charge, and will be leading the whinge about the Princes St closures? ;-) The council does have a reasonable track record in bringing tourist business into the city. They described the protests as "Protest Tourism". > I don't think we're going to get rich on the backs of people who > figure that five quid for a week's camping is too much. Aside from the fact that you are apparently wrong in your valuation, you are also wrong in you evaluation of the protesters. A significant proportion of the marchers will be the righteous middle-classes. Students who have formed political opinions at school and uni, and have not yet endured enough of the real world to lose their fight. They will probably be part / fully funded on their trip by their parents, and will almost certainly be buying things while they are here... assuming any of the shops have remained open that is! Jon
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