Originally posted by kbilik
This is definitely a more complicated issue. It\'s not black and white. If the protestors actually started researching and providing good reasons instead of wasting their time with demonstrations... if they were on the inside of the conference not on the outside making proposals and alternate solutions, it would make for a difference. Oh well...
I agree this is a complicated issue. But i highly doubt protesters were invited in the G8. The G8 is exactly the opposite: a meeting of *only* the big pro-business countries.
It isn\'t protesters from the \"minor\" countries--it\'s people from the G8 countries themselves--so I don\'t think it is jealousy.
When i said jealousy, it was to explain one of the reason ( and clearly the most stupid) of why people hate America (and to a lesser extent, UE).
It isn\'t a meeting of the top 8 biggest businesses, or else it would make sense that people are protesting against business.
It is the reunion of the 8 country that could do the most to avoid unilateral business (ie. draining poor country ressources) and that don\'t do anything.
The same people who protest the G8 tend to like the UN and the EU. What is the difference?
The UN is the institution that could represent the most \'a world democracy\'. Of course, people criticize the system of permanent members that remove a lot of power from small countries. I don\'t see why it should be hated. It isn\'t a pro-business institution like the WTO (this one is really hated imho).
The UE governement is not really liked in Europe. A part of us say this is a door that will let anti-social business laws be decided. Another part thinks this will be a protection against big business groups. And the majority of people don\'t care.
