tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560105223161792779.post6852310474501508710..comments2023-10-20T15:26:50.274+01:00Comments on Cllr Dick Cole: Justice system - double standardsDick Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08887863266989905144noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560105223161792779.post-77692348141783551302011-08-25T16:46:03.882+01:002011-08-25T16:46:03.882+01:00Or the Facebook posters who got 4 years for inciti...Or the Facebook posters who got 4 years for inciting a riot that never actually happened - compared to recent case in Northern Ireland where a guy threatened to shoot Gregory Campbell MP via a post on Facebook and he got off with a suspended sentence.Kilsallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12355423947535095842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560105223161792779.post-65694855807766070122011-08-25T16:11:39.596+01:002011-08-25T16:11:39.596+01:00Dick makes a good point in comparing the grossly u...Dick makes a good point in comparing the grossly unequal treatment of the two women.<br /><br />But there is more.<br /><br />Many young people are now waking up to the horrible reality that their parents and their grandparents have stolen their future. And not just their future, but also the future of several following generations.<br /><br />Let me remind you: <br />- conspicuous consumption by all of us, even the relatively poor, over the past 50 years (compare to the previous 50 years)<br />- destruction of the planetary environment probably leading to desertification of the majority of land surface<br />- destruction of ocean life, from corals to game fish<br />- unthinking waste of the most dense energy source known to man created millions years ago (oil and gas)without creating an alternative<br />- imminent collapse of the world financial system and thus our current economic system<br />- imposition of a university fine of some £30,000 plus on each young student whilst prior generations contributed nothing, either then or now<br />- elimination of life chances for most young people, particular those sentenced by the system to either do drugs or be for ever poor.<br /><br />Wouldn't you riot?<br />I would and I expect lot more anger and many more riots to come.<br /><br />But then 'Why should I care about future generations? What have they ever done for me?' said Groucho Marx and all of us. The difference is that we mean it!<br /><br />Paul<br />www.TransitionNC.orgPaulShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06950667089993693587noreply@blogger.com