Let's go to demonstrations!

The day before yesterday was a sad day for the history of higher education system in Slovenia. The mass of students (about 10,000 of them) ended their tumultuous demonstrations infront of the Parliament, in rather wretched way ...

I quote from the daily Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik (20. 5. 2010):
"...The facade of Parliament is bruised, almost all the windows smashed, broken glass of the front door. Angry crowd of student demonstrators who protested yesterday "to improve the social status of students and pupils" threw in the building everything they could lay in their hands first; eggs, toilet paper, bottles, beer cans and bottles, the granite blocks. Each time the glass was broken, the loud whistling and cries of "Yes" could be heard from a huge mass of young people. There was even one "Molotov", which flew towards Parliament and burned some bushes and a part of the facade. The protesters were finally surrounded by one hundred police officers (from special units), but this didn't stop them as well. They continued with pelting; first with stones, then with rocks and eggs, and finally with the bottles. "At least we've hurt one!" said proudly one hazy protester..."

It would be nice to have an insight into the statistics of how many of those students who participated on turbulent wednesday demonstrations, had actually experienced studying outside their native country for a longer period of time. I'm pretty sure that there weren't so many, since it would otherwise be clearly affirmed, how fierce and hard are the conditions for students abroad or. on the contrary - how privileged they are, in many areas of socio-cultural life, students in Slovenia. This insight would probably cause much grief to them, forwhy they would have to admit in evidence that they have made a big mistake; that they had to destroy a work of art in order to express the black-and-white belief of a crowd, a work of art, that has nothing to do with violence and destruction (even if the politics do) and on the contrary symbolizes their roots and embodies the highest humanistic values. Finally, that they have dishonoured an institution, which (despite all the controversial laws, which were and are still to come) raised up the possibility of quality education and worthy life in a country, where they had been born.