Love thy children
May I allow myself to rant?
Well, I don't care, I will anyway...
Oh my DEAR lord/god/whatever!
KIDS!
Helllooooo-oooo!?!!?
Anybody home?
Where'd your brain go?
Did you leave it home this morning?
Or no, wait, did you abandon it to your whatever your obsession is at the moment?
Ok, I never was quite the wild kid so perhaps I don't know about the fun of an egg-throwing adrenaline-rush, but um... if the point is to make a change, could it perhaps be that actually knowing what you are talking about or even considering hearing the other side would perhaps, and I just say perhaps, help a little?
So, the Luxembourgish kids gathered at the Rousegärtchen this morning and they poured in from all across. Why? Because of law project number 5611 (in French and in English). Now, what does this actually imply?
It implies that kids who are not able to find a job straight out of school will not be able to get unemployment benefits nor the full minimum salary... Yes, it's more complicated than that, but this post is definitely not about the actual implications nor whatever of that specific proposal, but about what those kids are doing there.
1st.
I arrived around 8.30 a.m. and saw that there was a good bunch of kids there already and that more were coming in/out. I walked around and saw about ten different groups of kids drinking beer. I repeat that. It is 8.30 a.m. and kids are drinking beer.
Anything wrong with that picture in your mind?
2nd.
After only some minutes I saw something hit the wall. I thought 'ok, they're throwing some paper - not cool, but ok'. Some minutes later some more things being thrown against the building. Hmmm... Wait a second.... those are eggs!
Ummm... you are supposedly gathering to get Biltgen to come out of the building to talk with you and you are bombarding the building with eggs?
Yes, I use the word bombarding because at one point there were some 60 eggs shot per minute. Crazy *shakes head*
3rd.
A bag of white flour splatters across the front lines and hits one of the policemen standing in front of the building (who, mind you, had been bombarded with eggs for ten minutes at this point - if not more).
4th.
A bottle.
5th.
Something quite big and hard. Then fish, then cabbage... then some more bottles.
6th.
Some policemen in plain clothing pulled out a dude from the crowd (supposedly for having thrown stuff against the building & policemen) and they drag him to the side of yet another building. Instead of letting it go, a large crowd of kids (I know they'd hate me if they knew I was calling them kids - perhaps even beat me up?) pushes through, following their 'mate' being dragged out and then encircle the policemen and start making a fuss.
Um.
So.
Uh.
You are being complete retards and then want to prove that you are even worse by fighting against those that are trying to keep you from being complete retards?
Yeah.
Right.
All my hope lies in you.... NOT!
7th.
More booze and *sniff sniff* oh, yes, let's not forget the drugs.
8th.
Some fucking piss-head (excuse my French) throws eggs around and two almost hit me. If you want to get punched and have your eyes ripped off, that certainly is the best way to go about it. I don't do well with self control and large crowds. I have attacked kids for doing much less. Don't touch me, throw things at me or call me names. I might seem frail but I seem to become violently aggressive if you disrespect me.
9th.
The crown of it all.
Look around and you'll notice that most of these kids are wearing brand-labelled clothes/shoes/bags, you name it. The poor oppressed people? I think not.
Rather the rich spoiled kids who are trying to be just as cool as the truly poor kids they see on TV/video clips/wherever. They want to be on TV. They want to be cool.
Want to prove that your future is worth anything? Use your brain, dear child.
Thank GOD there were some intelligent ones amongst the lot.
Had a nice chat with one of the people organising the event who was completely amazed that so many people showed up (perhaps 4 or 5 hundred? Perhaps more?), and then with other kids who had no idea what the whole thing was about and yet some others who did have a clue and who on top of it all are for the law proposal because they believe (quite rightly) that there are too many youngsters anyway taking advantage of the system as it is.
I left the place to go talk with some people cooking for the homeless and then returned only to notice that most of the ones who were there to try and truly find a solution were gone and that the crowd was mainly composed of kids on booze/drugs or just otherwise dressed for a rave night more than anything else. Some lost souls were there gathering the trash (what amazing amount of trash! Worse than after a festival!) and trying to make some sense of what had in fact turned into just another opportunity to make a mess.
Go kids!
Go humanity!
Now go fight in a lost cause and get shot by your fellow humans. That ought to sort out the mess on this planet.
I didn't take many pictures simply because 1) I was too cold 2) I was too busy just watching them making idiots of themselves 3) trying to figure out who to talk to and get opinions from. I might still post the few I took a little later and come back with more impressions of what happens/ed in the afternoon.
Enjoy your day, whatever you are doing.
At least you aren't being bombarded with eggs, flour, fish and various hard objects.
Well, I don't care, I will anyway...
Oh my DEAR lord/god/whatever!
KIDS!
Helllooooo-oooo!?!!?
Anybody home?
Where'd your brain go?
Did you leave it home this morning?
Or no, wait, did you abandon it to your whatever your obsession is at the moment?
Ok, I never was quite the wild kid so perhaps I don't know about the fun of an egg-throwing adrenaline-rush, but um... if the point is to make a change, could it perhaps be that actually knowing what you are talking about or even considering hearing the other side would perhaps, and I just say perhaps, help a little?
So, the Luxembourgish kids gathered at the Rousegärtchen this morning and they poured in from all across. Why? Because of law project number 5611 (in French and in English). Now, what does this actually imply?
It implies that kids who are not able to find a job straight out of school will not be able to get unemployment benefits nor the full minimum salary... Yes, it's more complicated than that, but this post is definitely not about the actual implications nor whatever of that specific proposal, but about what those kids are doing there.
1st.
I arrived around 8.30 a.m. and saw that there was a good bunch of kids there already and that more were coming in/out. I walked around and saw about ten different groups of kids drinking beer. I repeat that. It is 8.30 a.m. and kids are drinking beer.
Anything wrong with that picture in your mind?
2nd.
After only some minutes I saw something hit the wall. I thought 'ok, they're throwing some paper - not cool, but ok'. Some minutes later some more things being thrown against the building. Hmmm... Wait a second.... those are eggs!
Ummm... you are supposedly gathering to get Biltgen to come out of the building to talk with you and you are bombarding the building with eggs?
Yes, I use the word bombarding because at one point there were some 60 eggs shot per minute. Crazy *shakes head*
3rd.
A bag of white flour splatters across the front lines and hits one of the policemen standing in front of the building (who, mind you, had been bombarded with eggs for ten minutes at this point - if not more).
4th.
A bottle.
5th.
Something quite big and hard. Then fish, then cabbage... then some more bottles.
6th.
Some policemen in plain clothing pulled out a dude from the crowd (supposedly for having thrown stuff against the building & policemen) and they drag him to the side of yet another building. Instead of letting it go, a large crowd of kids (I know they'd hate me if they knew I was calling them kids - perhaps even beat me up?) pushes through, following their 'mate' being dragged out and then encircle the policemen and start making a fuss.
Um.
So.
Uh.
You are being complete retards and then want to prove that you are even worse by fighting against those that are trying to keep you from being complete retards?
Yeah.
Right.
All my hope lies in you.... NOT!
7th.
More booze and *sniff sniff* oh, yes, let's not forget the drugs.
8th.
Some fucking piss-head (excuse my French) throws eggs around and two almost hit me. If you want to get punched and have your eyes ripped off, that certainly is the best way to go about it. I don't do well with self control and large crowds. I have attacked kids for doing much less. Don't touch me, throw things at me or call me names. I might seem frail but I seem to become violently aggressive if you disrespect me.
9th.
The crown of it all.
Look around and you'll notice that most of these kids are wearing brand-labelled clothes/shoes/bags, you name it. The poor oppressed people? I think not.
Rather the rich spoiled kids who are trying to be just as cool as the truly poor kids they see on TV/video clips/wherever. They want to be on TV. They want to be cool.
Want to prove that your future is worth anything? Use your brain, dear child.
Thank GOD there were some intelligent ones amongst the lot.
Had a nice chat with one of the people organising the event who was completely amazed that so many people showed up (perhaps 4 or 5 hundred? Perhaps more?), and then with other kids who had no idea what the whole thing was about and yet some others who did have a clue and who on top of it all are for the law proposal because they believe (quite rightly) that there are too many youngsters anyway taking advantage of the system as it is.
I left the place to go talk with some people cooking for the homeless and then returned only to notice that most of the ones who were there to try and truly find a solution were gone and that the crowd was mainly composed of kids on booze/drugs or just otherwise dressed for a rave night more than anything else. Some lost souls were there gathering the trash (what amazing amount of trash! Worse than after a festival!) and trying to make some sense of what had in fact turned into just another opportunity to make a mess.
Go kids!
Go humanity!
Now go fight in a lost cause and get shot by your fellow humans. That ought to sort out the mess on this planet.
I didn't take many pictures simply because 1) I was too cold 2) I was too busy just watching them making idiots of themselves 3) trying to figure out who to talk to and get opinions from. I might still post the few I took a little later and come back with more impressions of what happens/ed in the afternoon.
Enjoy your day, whatever you are doing.
At least you aren't being bombarded with eggs, flour, fish and various hard objects.