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Originally Posted by shakermaker
Does anyone actually see any point in events like this?
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What's happened to all the youthful optmism?
Your are meant to be invincible, and think you can change the world!
It's only later you realise you can't.
From the Aldermaston march, to the anti-Vietnam war rally in Grosvenor Square, via the twenty year protest against apartheid outside South Africa House in Trafalgar Square, young people have been convinced their actions will change things for the better.
Young people nowadays have had their grants taken away, face massive debts incurred after taking out students loans, and we've been at war for four years. Are they taking to the streets in protest? Do they give a fig? No.
I blame Thatcher, and the creation of the 'me first' generation.
The concert is a case in point. Very middle aged and enthusiastically liberal, with youth being represented by Graham Norton.
Bring back Casualty!
I think I'll take to the streets in protest.