bobbi - do agree with you so much. what really did these people have to demonstrate about? are they being treated so very badly. they may face job cuts but at least most of them still have jobs and if they do not have a job they will get some form of unemployment and child care pay - which is much more than they would get in similar circumstances in egypt, lybia etc., and although it is probably not important to them they are able to worship as they wish unlike in many other countries.