Editorial

Protest around the world

To: The Seattle Times editors.

Protests seem to be prompting everywhere in the world, some of them in our own backyard. Many of these protests do get out of hand, like this one in the Olympia, WA capitol building. The Service Employees International Union is acting within their constitutional right to protest, but not in the outrageous way they behave; this type of behavior is not a good example to anybody on how to carry on civilize protest. There have been lots of budget cuts in every state across the country.

The way these protesters tried to push their way into the governor’s office and violently treated the state troopers, is not surprising that they were cited and in some cases arrested. The attitude of the Governor shows that she cares about her constituents issues, because she took the time to meet with some of the protestor, after they had try to break into her office. The Service Employees International Union protest is a legitimate one, the rising of health care benefits is something that is been happening across the country and many European countries.

This is a good editorial, because not only bring out to light the wrongful behavior by the members of The Service Employees International Union, but it also bring out to light the understanding of the protest by the governor. There are different ways that The Service Employees International Union can accomplish its objective of opposition against these budget cuts, a civilize protest is more effective than the unruly behavior shown on this event.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2014724458_edit11protest.html

This editorial is a mirror image of what is happening around the world not only in the U.S, many of the problems in places like Sudan, Egypt and Libya among others, started with small protest like this. Their government shows no interest in the issues of their constituents, causing them to revolt against the government as a whole. The government officials could help the budget cuts situation, by taking a cut on their own salaries, this money can be put back towards the state and federal budgets.