2011 London Riots

[Saith]

Well yeah, maybe so.

But then you have things like this.

This is a better version

 

[Saith]

Wuh-oh, looks like Scotland's next!

 

[Coroxn]

One thing that annoyed me about this entire debacle was that some people, instead of recognizing the true causes of the riots, tried to blame things such as Social Networking and evil young people. Both are incredibly silly, especially the first. Social Networking's being used to co-ordinate riots was nothing more than a scapegoat; after all, it is a tool, like a car or a knife; when death, damage and destruction are dealt with these tools, it isn't the tools themselves that are blamed, it's the people that use them. In this instance, even they can't be fully blamed.

I won't pretend to know a lot about this issue, but from the news reports and interviews I've seen, there's been a mix of disgusting blame and a great sense of trying to find the core of the problem.

 

[Tailsy]

Wuh-oh, looks like Scotland's next!

I already saw this. <3 True Scottish badassery.

 

[Tailsy]

I don't see why you would be imprecise when it's perfectly simple to be precise. If it's not a problem, then why not just say that?

 

[opaltiger]

Last I checked, England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland did not represent themselves at the United Nations

To be fair, representation in the UN is not the be all and end all definition of country. Scotland is a country, with a considerable (Tailsy would say inadequate) degree of autonomy. If this were happening in the US, I suspect people would be precise to state level at least.

 

[Harlequin]

The thing is that the riots so far are an English problem. They've not spread to Wales or Scotland and I don't think they will. Our governments don't totally suck, after all.

Also! Isn't it Salford who's been saying "lolol let's evict people from council houses"? As if that's going to help! We already have an underclass that doesn't work, isn't educated and doesn't want to fit in with the rest of society so we're going to alienate them even more by making them homeless, which means they can't open bank accounts, which means they can't get jobs, which means they're going to turn to criminal activity...

sigh

I hope someone looks at the underlying causes and, when a report or whatever is published, that the government listens. fuckers.

 

[Dannichu]

As seen on Twitter: "If you don't want the underclass rioting, don't create an underclass in the first place."

 

[sports fan]

I wonder if there will be riots in America next, seems like every country has had some unrest recently except us

I think that if there was a riot in my city, I would at least check it out

 

[Michi]

I wonder if there will be riots in America next, seems like every country has had some unrest recently except us

The United States has unrest, it just manifests itself as a decade of Islamaphobia and random acts of prejudice. I doubt it would take much to cause a riot in any given US city.

Speaking about the London riots; I don't know much about them, but what confuses me is that it's all random. There doesnt seem to be a pattern I mean really, a music warehouse? What did that have anything to do with all this? Then theres the violence, which is sad in any case. I wish there were a civil way for the people to express their anger, but it even confuses me what theyre even rioting about.

 

[sports fan]

I don't think it's really about anything for most of the people involved... they just want to burn shit. but still, they wouldn't want to burn shit unless there were some underlying problems, you know what I mean?

 

[Teh Ebil Snorlax]

I wonder if there will be riots in America next, seems like every country has had some unrest recently except us

I think that if there was a riot in my city, I would at least check it out

Things are pretty chill in Ireland actually. We're just looking towards England with a mixture of concern, empathy, worry and, for a few people, doubtlessly, a certain sense of schadenfreude.

Did anyone else see the Communities Minister (Eric Pickles?) talking on Sky? My mother summed it up pretty well when she said "Well, he's an ignorant man anyway." He clearly has no business being in his position.

 

[Dannichu]

Here's a fun game. Try and imagine how the Daily Mail will spin the events of the last week. Try and imagine just how narrow-minded and ridiculous only the good ol' DM can be.

Then multiply it by a thousand, read this article, and see how close you were.

 

[Elliekat]

Here's a fun game. Try and imagine how the Daily Mail will spin the events of the last week. Try and imagine just how narrow-minded and ridiculous only the good ol' DM can be.

Then multiply it by a thousand, read this article, and see how close you were.

Oh.... oh dear. I was way the heck off on that one. I mean, a lot of it isn't even about the riots! It's just accusing everyone the author doesn't agree with! That is not how you write news XD

 

[Saith]

Here's a fun game. Try and imagine how the Daily Mail will spin the events of the last week. Try and imagine just how narrow-minded and ridiculous only the good ol' DM can be.

Then multiply it by a thousand, read this article, and see how close you were.

Looks about right. :/

Oh.... oh dear. I was way the heck off on that one. I mean, a lot of it isn't even about the riots! It's just accusing everyone the author doesn't agree with! That is not how you write news XD

Yeah it is. That basically is news. Every paper/station/whatever has its own agenda.

 

[Phantom]

1. The vid about Scotland has been removed due to copyright claim. At least the internet still makes sense.

2. This is very confusing, all of it, and I can hardly keep up with it.

 

[1. Luftballon]

Oh.... oh dear. I was way the heck off on that one. I mean, a lot of it isn't even about the riots! It's just accusing everyone the author doesn't agree with! That is not how you write news XD

the daily news is supposed to be news ???? that's news to me!

 

[Teh Ebil Snorlax]

Cameron actually tried to defend evicting entire families from their council homes because one member of said family was involved in the rioting. Obviously, evicting poor people from their homes will lead to a reduction in crime. What a cock.