London Riots

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Spare the rod, you'll get the shaft.

Case and point.

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No, I don't live in any of those places. The point of my original post was that the whole of England is not under attack by young people wearing hooded jackets.

Originally posted by shortcircuit
In England they swing baseball bats.

Only the yobbos who have been watching too much imported Yankee television. Your real Englishman swings a cricket bat, of course. (For one, it has edges. Nice, hard, skin-breaking edges.)

Richard

Originally posted by jimslyp69
If the riots continue the government will just up the ante. They were just caught unawares. If they were to have enough men on standby to cope with this sort of thing all the time, then it would cost the taxpayer a fortune so I think it is a case of striking the right balance.

Standing by was the main problem! From the footage Auntie showed, in many cases the police just stood by as the neds pillaged the shops and set houses on fire. Serious dereliction of duty, that, IYAM.
I can very well understand not wanting to escalate matters if there is still only rioting going on. Let them rage out their anger, catch a few bricks on your riot shield, and move on. But once it's already descended into burglary and arson? No way - bring out the rubber and bop them over the head. You don't protect a hooligan's "privacy" over the backs of the innocent bystander.

There aren't enough idiots to sustain this as they are in the minority. The majority of the masses are happy with their jobs, cars, houses and 2.4 kids. It could only turn to complete anarchy if there was complete social unrest.

I both hope and believe that you are right.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
Only the yobbos who have been watching too much imported Yankee television. Your real Englishman swings a cricket bat, of course. (For one, it has edges. Nice, hard, skin-breaking edges.)

Richard

Americans use bullets...lead loaded in brass.
Ends the argument quickly and disperses the crowds.

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No it's not. There is a more to England than big cities!
The media is so full of crap and statistics and suddenly everyone is an expert on riots. Blame the government, blame the police and blame the parents. Honestly, I am fed up with hearing about it, and possibly the more it is kept in the news, the more it will happen. 😕

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Originally posted by Pawn Qween
No it's not. There is a more to England than big cities!
The media is so full of crap and statistics and suddenly everyone is an expert on riots. Blame the government, blame the police and blame the parents. Honestly, I am fed up with hearing about it, and possibly the more it is kept in the news, the more it will happen. 😕

(Please note the word 'possibly' in the last sentence!)

Come on over to the U.S. We almost never have riots.

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Originally posted by Pawn Qween
No it's not. There is a more to England than big cities!
The media is so full of crap and statistics and suddenly everyone is an expert on riots. Blame the government, blame the police and blame the parents. Honestly, I am fed up with hearing about it, and possibly the more it is kept in the news, the more it will happen. 😕

(Please note the word 'possibly' in the last sentence!)

you left you the 'rioters' in the blame game.

simple equation really - bad parents + lack of opportunists for young people + soft police stances + bad government education system = look wat iz stole from tat shop, tesco value rice init sham. me mumz will be so proud like.

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Keep it in proportion! 🙂

ps I don't live in a village 😛