AVERAGE PERSON TO THE STREETS
First and foremost there are currently over 20 court injunctions against you forcing college and Universities to resume teaching. You see, while you like to call it a strike it is in fact a boycott. The CEGEP'S and Universities are service providers. You don't work for the them. In fact every tax paying member of the community forking over 83% of the cost to send you to school actually works for them. They should be the ones on strike. Fascinating wouldn't it be if every regular tax payer took to the streets and refused to hand over anymore of their taxes for YOUR education. I wonder what you would do then. Would you go march with them? Would you scream at the top of your lungs if you couldn't get into class because the every day citizen was blocking your access, intimidating you, perhaps even becoming violent and destructive. I bet your tune would change then. So now, given the fact we have established that you don't want access to the services CEGEPS and Universities provide you can just NOT PURCHASE THEM. Problem solved! Plus the bonus is you will save more then just the proposed increase, you'll save years of full tuition. WooooHooooo....more money for pizza and beer!
Can we have a serious discussion about real numbers please? There are approximately 179,000 students boycotting classes. Can someone please provide a calculator to those in the Media and student associations who obviously just love to exaggerate a story. When there is a demonstration at night (as there was every night last week) and 3000 people show up, that means there are 1.67% of those boycotting parading around the streets. Hey....PSSSST.... if you invited 200 people to your party, you know, the one your parents don't know about and 1.67% of the potential participants showed up.....your party was a failure!!!! It seems however that those who make a living selling on air advertising, newspapers and Internet spots can't add because 3000 out of 179,000 isn't a big protest or as they like to call it here a, (Manifestation). It has become obvious that the few seem to be speaking for the many. Although listening to your student leaders its quite clear that they only speak for themselves and their future political or union aspirations. The majority voice has been silent. It also occurred to me that the 98.33% have better things to do....like play xbox, or go out partying. I mean seriously did you actually think that given the choice between a 9pm walk downtown and a party that the walk would win? Well that is of course if you think that a portion of the 1.67% are actually walking in the protest only to get to their favourite bar. Perhaps the student organizers could have open bars at 15 or 20 establishments and protestors could just walk along until they get to their favourite bar and then cut out of the march. It would increase your overall numbers but remember to save the best bar for the last one on your route as this will guarantee you more coverage on LCN TV.
GET BACK TO WORK
All the Grey haired, past reminiscing, hippie wannabe bee professors who support you should be ordered to report for class. If they fail to show up they should be FIRED! If you don't show up for classes YOU FAIL! Don't pass go, don't collect a diploma, just head straight to the nearest fast food restaurant and ask for a job application. Besides all of that the CEGEPS and UNIVERSITIES should go to court and have a, ''distance'' and ''maximum participant'' injunction imposed on you. What does that mean, you say? It means they get an injunction prohibiting you from blocking access to its facility and it establishes a maximum number of people you can have outside those institutions. I kind of like 10 people as a number. If you fail to obey the injunction you get your school skipping asses thrown in jail. You see the government had no problem legislating the crown prosecutors and nurses back to work, hell even the Federal Government blocked an Air Canada strike not once but twice. I think its about time to start treating you exactly like they treat everyone else even if you aren't actually strikers. Ah isn't it pretty imagining what life will be like in the years to come. Maybe you already know and your getting all your protesting in while you can because once you hit the REAL WORLD things aren't so rosy.
You don't have to like the Government in place, In fact they have given almost everyone a reason not to. You cannot however dismiss or ignore the fact that WE the people put them in power. What is grotesque is that during the last 12 weeks we have gotten to see the aspirations and the true value of ALL political leaders. They are like Piranha's. Nothing has helped bring this under the microscope more then the current boycott. It is fascinating to see politicians promenading around town with their little red square pinned to their over priced clothes. Going on every News show that will given them 5 minutes to proclaim the TRAVESTY! It is fascinating to watch as protestors vandalise and intimidate and violate our social laws and these so called ''leaders'' use this protest to their political advantage. There comes a time when social values and law must take the higher road. It must rise above politics and move in a way that brings society forwards not backwards. Madame Marois, Mr. Legault and that nut case from Quebec Solidaire all had an opportunity to rise above it all. Instead they did what every REAL politician does. They looked for blood. It has been a disgusting demonstration almost as sickening as the student leaders demonstration of self serving, aspiration driven actions. These very same people stand infront of the TV at Budget time and demand fiscal responsibility from the Government in power. They along with the talking heads of the media demand ''leadership on all issues'' demand accountability, and good Management. Except when they get a demonstration of these things they scream at the top of their voices INJUSTICE, MIS MANAGEMENT, CORRUPTION. Under these conditions no Government has a hope in hell of improving the situation of the average person. I wonder if the yo-yo's mentioned above think or care about the real people of the community. If they realize that most people have gone beyond the ability to pay, the ability to continue to support the ''everything for nothing'' mentality. I don't think they do. They simply see opportunity and try and capitalize on it. I just hope the majority of people see right through it, exactly how they see through student leaders.
I was watching a news story late last week profiling a gentleman who has worked for 30 years helping those in need at a Montreal food bank. He was explaining that over 2000 families turn to the bank each week to help make ends meet. I wonder if any of you boycotters have given any though at all to what goes on in the rest of the world? Well in fact i am convinced that you have not the slightest idea. Have you given any thought to the fact that every day average people picking up your garbage, washing your clothes, serving your over priced latte, selling you your expensive smart phone, cleaning the streets after your protests, policing your stupidity are the ones who actually suffer the real effects of the economic times we live in. That these very same people work each and every day often for shark like organizations and that they often have little or no recourse to take action against them (ask the people who work for AVEOS Aviation). The rest of the people could take to the streets but they would lose the job they hang onto just to pay their share of 83% of your education. So here you are boycotting and protesting what amounts to a request by the Government to pay 50 cents more per day for a post secondary education that will translate into 1 million dollars more earned in a lifetime then someone with only a High School diploma. Hey Bone heads! Its time for you to pull your head out of your asses! 50 cents a day, ''An insult'', you claim?. SERIOUSLY! You are living in wonderland.
