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  Howard - not sure what reports you have been watching/reading - whilst some of the protesters of a more violent persuasion are fit youngish men (anarchist, off duty coppers, squadies who knows?) many are corpulent middle aged men or older. This is a broad brush protest by many in Greece who see their own brand of privilege being threatened. Too many Greeks want to pay little or no tax but want lots of high quality state/public services, couple that with endemic levels of corruption amongst civil and public servants and you will see why so many ordinary Greeks are on the streets protesting.
  
  Sadly the only solution is for Greece to exit the Euro immediately, frankly if they do not and they (as is likely) do not see through the austerity measures there is every danger the Germans will walk away, as their electorate has had enough of bailing out the Club Med countries, whilst suffering belt tightening at home.

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