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  • Violent student protests on Tuesday caused a variety of damages, including to public property. Why are student protests often marked with such violence? How do we stop this violence?

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  • Novel - Kampen, Netherlands

    It's stated "often", so not always. I believe that there are also lots of so called "peace" protests without violence. But since it is often not "interesting" for the media to report it, therefore we hardly find it in the news. That is also one of the reasons why lots of protests marked with violence: to get the intention! So, perhaps the media should start to report other protests which often not interesting but significant and peaceful.

  • Joni - Makassar, Indonesia

    This is because students are so full of the theory
    of rights but have not learned the accompanying
    theory of responsibilities. They are enjoying their
    new-found freedoms, after leaving high school, but
    have forgotten the discipline taught them in school.
    Students causing violence and destruction of property
    should be arrested and given quick trials. Terms of
    imprisonment should be short, with small fines but
    should be accompanied by corporal punishment as
    in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, for example. A
    short sharp shock with the "rotan" will soon
    put these young people back on the correct path.

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