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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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You're completely right, nobody should ever protest if it's going to inconvenience someone. Sorry about that, I'll just stay here and accept the ideological assault on the poor and disadvantaged.
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:17, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

(massive, wealthy organisations who pay their staff enormous salaries - very 'up the workers' I'm sure you agree) will of course be paying for the required police cover, won't they?
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:21, Reply)

Which is going to cost between £20-40 million, I might add, and will also harm productivity and shut down London. Even more so because of the insistence on a bank holiday.
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:22, Reply)

That's what I would call a good investment personally
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:24, Reply)

that the majority of people in this country want.
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:26, Reply)

The £20-40 million figure I gave was for policing and security alone. I'm fairly sure lost productivity on the bank holiday and the preceeding weekend will inflate the sum much, much higher. Along with all the clever people's insistence on taking three days holiday afterwards.
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:29, Reply)

( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:32, Reply)

But that level of absenteeism all at once will surely also harm productivity, no? So according to Monty's argument, people shouldn't do it.
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:39, Reply)

I'm totally on the fence and could argue for both sides as although no one is right, no one is wrong.
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 10:03, Reply)

Why not have some sort of cyber protest, you could all meet up in WoW and totally get in the way of the Goblin Express and the castle of Grayskull
( , Mon 21 Mar 2011, 9:21, Reply)
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