As children growing up in a house where poverty reigned, but not supreme, we were raised with what seems to be considered by today's standards, an unbelievable dose of morality and ethics.
I bet if the situation was reversed, and they were ‘Jewish' students, especially the ones wearing yarmulkas (head-coverings) who rioted, the lead stories would have been quite different.
I figure it this way. If Thabo Mbeki, the president of the impoverished country of South Africa has enough money to razzle and dazzle them at his opening, then he doesn't need any money from me.
Decent people with a brain in their head will know exactly on which side to stand. For everyone else, including the intellectuals, they could stand in hell for all I care.
Chrétien said in his "sort of" resignation speech, that he was doing it for the good of the country, so that Parliament could once again concentrate on good governance. Bull!
