tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post6896258447961016815..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Rabble-Rousing; UK’s Main Growth Industry…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-2301312327774355372009-01-14T05:21:00.000+00:002009-01-14T05:21:00.000+00:00"Anyhow, it's easy to sit at home and sneer at peo...<I>"Anyhow, it's easy to sit at home and sneer at people like this, but remember that it is 'professional agitators' and rabble-rousers who often help to achieve positive change in society."</I><BR/><BR/>Except it's not - particularly in the case of the Suffragettes as you quoted. <BR/><BR/>There are reams of books on the topic, but they mostly agree on one thing; that the Suffragettes achieved publicity and little else. <BR/><BR/>WW1 actually did more to advance the cause, by requiring women to take on many male jobs and therefore proving the argument very handily.<BR/><BR/><I>"What harm a bit of disrupted shopping, in the scheme of things?"</I><BR/><BR/>Why should people in Bristol have their shopping disrupted simply to massage the ego of some students?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com