hundreds of people take the the street and smash up shops and houses. :meh:
Thoughts on the rioters and reasons?
Something a friend posted on facebook.
I couldn’t have put it better myself
What were they for?
Definitely. just absolute stupidity flowing through streets thinking that they’re still just a badman in school being a cool guy with the most displaced lack of respect which shouldn’t even be there in the first place.
I know many young people feel as though the police are there to repress them and to do nothing but to hate them and be prejudice, but all the people I know who feel like that have the IQ of a lemon and repeatedly break the law and cause harm to others for nothing more then money and a laugh.
I would like to see water canons brought in.
Fuck all
Look at it from the bright side, it’s better to have this then having your city bombed by V1 rockets.
Also lol’d @ “government that looks after us”
your country also has a government that makes the price for education is go up to the point where it’s unaffordable by anyone poorer than the middle class, as well as the quality of education going down to the point where it’s almost pointless, all causing the divide between rich and poor to grow even greater, making the poor poorer and the rich richer
Crikey, that does put it perfectly.
The kids rioting don’t even know why the riot was started originally (a peaceful protest over someone being shot by the police).
Absolutely disgusting the way its turning out now.
Essentially there’s not much to read into. People think they can get away with free stuff; they’re going looting.
I hate the current Tory government, but I can’t see an easy way to blame them. Just mass criminality.
(I also have family in the affected parts of London)
Pretty much this…
If people think they can get away with something they will
They interviewed some girls in London and they thought the whole thing was hilarious.
“It’s wicked innit! We’z doin it cus they are rich shops and we show the rich people dat we can do wot we want, innit”
So there you go; If you own a shop you are obviously rich and deserve to have your house burnt down. The vast intellect of the British public.
Education is actually free here. Unless you mean university which doesn’t have to be payed for once earning over a certain amount. doesn’t actually make the divide bigger but means graduates have a bigger debt for longer.
I always knew that British were just acting smart.
[COLOR=‘Black’]Its a joke.
I hope you’re not implying that recent raise university fees (note, ONLY university) is one of the causes of the mass ignorance we’re seeing on the streets at the moment? It just looks like you are, so please, either word your posts better, or stop being a misinformed fool
fed up with the government
steals from small business owners
Says the guy who thinks government looks after him.
I’m not sure about your definition of ‘looking after’, but I’d say that free healthcare, a free education system (up to a point) and a benefits system seem to fit the bill of ‘looking after’.
While I don’t agree with everything they do, I appreciate their presence and many other things they provide. Which is more than alot of people seem to.
Where do you people come up with all this ‘free’ bullshit, this shit doesn’t pay itself you know. There’s a reason this whole economy is crashing down on our heads. People look after themselves and each other, the free market is what built this world. The government is nothing more than a cancer that grows on the wealth created by a free market and a free society. Countries start out with a lot of freedom/very limited government -> freedom/free market creates wealth -> government consumes the wealth -> system inevitably collapses (history shows they always do)
They take more than half your life’s work and income by force, and you have the fucking balls to tell me our governments take care of us, or give us “free” things?
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free, as a wise man once said.
Also Jeannotvb, I almost had forgotten about that tinfoil hat of yours.
Been rioting lately have we?
He’s just speaking of governments as a collective evil mesh out of some twisted antiestablishmentarianismistic kind of view where no matter what country your in or what system is in place, they’re out to get you.