Let me guess. What happened would be roughly: 1. The first pay cut. 2. Protests, rebuffed. 3. The second pay cut. 4. Protests, again rebuffed. 5. Violence. The

Let me guess. What happened would be roughly: 1. The first pay cut. 2. Protests, rebuffed. 3. The second pay cut. 4. Protests, again rebuffed. 5. Violence. There is no way to deny the existence of point 5 on the list, but all of 1-4 offered excellent occasions to prevent point 5. People who overestimate their power risk having their tea vilently thrown into the sea, and that's violence and illegal.