tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546720810282359735.post542397666110098451..comments2024-03-27T10:29:49.647-07:00Comments on Rick's Turning Point: Blessed naiveteRick Juliussonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652777017001535161noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546720810282359735.post-27921410156008236212010-07-16T00:42:17.521-07:002010-07-16T00:42:17.521-07:00Dear Editor
Re: G20 protestor displays naïve be...Dear Editor<br /> <br />Re: G20 protestor displays naïve beliefs<br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Hawkins writes that there is no justification for violent means. He was of course referring to the very small minority of people who engaged in property damage at the G20 Summit.<br /> <br />Perhaps Mr. Hawkins has more in common with the diverse cacophony of protestors than first meets the eye. <br /> <br />The hundreds of thousands of protestors like the Valley’s Rick Juliusson, marched to protest the extraordinary greed and excess that is at the heart of the financial architecture constructed by the G20 nations. Broken windows and a few torched cars do not even begin to touch the unfathomable violence nations are subjected to as a result to the rampant speculation, economic growth at all cost policies, and World Bank dealings.<br /> <br />The United Nation’s World Institute for Development Economics Research concluded that the richest 1% of the world owns 40% of the planet's wealth and that only 10% of the world’s population owned 85% of the world’s assets. While the developing world is in debt to the first world, 1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day; 3 billion live on under two dollars a day; 1.3 billion have no access to clean water; 3 billion have no access to sanitation and 2 billion have no access to electricity.<br /> <br />There is absolutely no good justification for the G20’s means which keep people trapped in misery and violence. Let us not ignore these stark realities and naively believe the G20 was honestly trying to address them. Way to go Rick!<br /> <br />Amanda Marchand<br />North CowichanAmanda Marchandnoreply@blogger.com