Athens, Greece has been the site of rioting for the past year. Greece is currently experiencing a financial crisis and with economic catastrophe comes unemployment and with unemployment comes angry citizens. This crisis caused a huge jump in unemployment and high wage cuts. The Greek government have attempted to cope with this problem by enforcing many labor reforms over the year, but these solutions don't go over well with the public. Today, 20,000 protestors marched to parliament in Athens, armed with masks, goggles, and sledgehammers. They continued on while destroying almost everything in their path, breaking up sidewalks and even throwing the rubble at police. Police fired tear gas and flash grenades in attempt to control the riot, but these people are unwilling to give up. The strike has grounded flights, closed factories, hit cars, buses, and trains, and disrupted hospitals. Do you feel that these strike are an adequate solution to the problem or are there other ways to solve controversies?
Athens Riots
Well, when a snake is cornered to the point that fear over takes it, the last thing it would do is bite and struggle to survive. Now, with the Greek government would be like a person and the citizens a snake, and yes I think this is the only thing left to do because its the last thing they can possibly do, bite back. It's a very hard topic to debate from pacifist to politicians but the world turns the way it does and like president Kennedy said, "the masses are always right."
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