Quote by stevio
So genhertscouple if your way of life and your livelyhood was affected by the goverment, or your right to enjoy your civil liberties was taken away by what you feel to be a none representative government, you would not lobby and argue for your rights.
And should you feel that the goverment was being manipulated by minorities that dont understand, you would not fight back.
It is not naieve to fight for your rights to protect your livelyhood, nore is it wrong for a large part of the country to protest against a totaly unrepresentative government.

I think you need to read what i said again.
1. I never said i wouldnt fight for my rights.
2. I dont try and blame the wrong person for the decision making
3. My way of life has and is affected by the government (have lost money)
4. My husbands civil liberties have been taken away, affecting his livelyhood (more loss of money to support his family)
5. Where did I say "its wrong for a large part of the country to protest against a totally unrepresentative government"
6. I think the government has its own agenda, irrespective of us 'little' people
My original message was to say, dont blame city folk for what the goverment have done or doing, thats unfair and an ignorant stance to take. I did not at any point, mention anything about not standing up for our rights.
As for where I live, I also dont live in the city, its a small town in the countryside and my out-laws live in a very very small village, so I see both sides of the coin. We are on the outskirts of London, and we pay the price for that at times, yet, we live in the countryside so dont have brilliant public transport etc, just cant win :?
PS. althought i believe in standiing up for our rights, I'd never go to a rally again. We got caught up in the Poll Tax Riots in London iin the 80's, we had to run for our lives because of millitants chasing us and others with Pick Axes, baseball bats, axes, poles, its was absolutely terrifying. We escaped by running down a tube station and getting on any train that was there. Even after all these years, it gives me chills.

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