What do you really want?

The G-20; it was everywhere over the weekend. If you weren't watching the world cup (I'm in mourning over England's loss) then you were into the G-20. The funny thing is, its hard to find out what they actually talked about. Meetings like this have turned into opportunities for huge protests and for some people, an excuse to act like a hooligan. Now I'm not saying that people shouldn't be allowed to protest but there are more productive things to do than smash windows and destroy public property. I for one, resent my tax dollars going to pay to rebuild the damage caused when they could be going to other things like say development.

When there is so much that needs to be done in the world why are people so bent on destruction? I'm in a country right now where the government is shipping water to some regions because there is a drought so severe people are drinking contaminated water. I also spent a day going to regional offices on roads that are barely drivable in a 4X4. How can anyone expect to get basic goods like food, clothing and building supplies for houses to regions when you can't drive down the road?

Its easy to smash things and vent, its not easy to do something about the problems that exist in the world. So instead of tearing up a city every few months to show world leaders that your angry, try showing them how to make the world a better place.