The rioting in London and Seattle is just the tip of the iceburg.
Not only
have there been the riots in these two cities but other cities have
felt the
same problems only without the rioting.
I can not say one way or another.But what I can say is that by rioting
it is
adding to the problem and is not an answer to the feelings that
are being
dealt with.
The unrest is a world wide problem and one that is leading to an
underlying
problem of dissatisfaction with what the WTO is trying to do.
But the actions of the rioter's themselves have's nothing to do
with the
WTO.These people are rioting and looting.
I ask you is this the right way to voice there dissatisfaction with
the WTO.
I don't think it is.
The report that I have indicates that the rioters are out to make
problems
so that they can loot.
As President Clinton prepared Wednesday to address the World Trade
Organization in Seattle, demonstrators who battled with police,
throwing the
conference into chaos on its opening day, vowed to repeat the disruptions.
Authorities insisted that wouldn't happen.
Streets in downtown Seattle were littered with glass and other debris
after
activists smashed storefront windows, sprayed graffiti, slashed
police car tires and set trash containers on fire. Police were clearing
protesters out of the city center.
Clearing up is under way in London following violent clashes between
police
and anti-capitalist demonstrators.
Forty people were arrested and a police van set alight during the
disturbances, which were part of an international day of protest
to mark the
opening session of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks
in Seattle. Seven people, including a policeman, were injured.
Violence in Seattle led the Mayor, Paul Schell, to declare a civil
emergency
and call in National Guard troops, just hours before US President
Bill
Clinton's visit to address the WTO.
Thank you.
Tia