Two things that I can't seem to find in the media coverage: (1) how many people are participating in the riots, and; (2) is there a racial undertone to the rioting?
I'm of two minds about the rioting. On the one hand, it seems absurd to be rioting in London, a city that many in the world would risk life and limb to live in. On the other hand, a public enema aka riot is a salubrious thing for the health of the body politic once in a while.
1) numbers have been mentioned, but they vary widely between different spots of rioting. From 20 to 100.
2) Yes and no, depending on your own political stance. Most of the poor, disaffected people are black HOWEVER the people taking part in the lootings represented both genders and all colours. The CCTV footage released by the police, bears this out
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And even when "we" don't riot, there's always football to fall back on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism "Football hooliganism, sometimes referred to by the British media as the English Disease, is unruly and destructive behaviour-such as brawls, vandalism and intimidation-by association football club fans. [...]Football hooliganism can range from shouts and small-scale fistfights and disturbances to huge riots where firms attack each other with deadly weapons such as sports bats, bottles, rocks, knives and pistols."
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I'm of two minds about the rioting. On the one hand, it seems absurd to be rioting in London, a city that many in the world would risk life and limb to live in. On the other hand, a public enema aka riot is a salubrious thing for the health of the body politic once in a while.
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2) Yes and no, depending on your own political stance. Most of the poor, disaffected people are black HOWEVER the people taking part in the lootings represented both genders and all colours. The CCTV footage released by the police, bears this out ( ... )
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And even when "we" don't riot, there's always football to fall back on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism
"Football hooliganism, sometimes referred to by the British media as the English Disease, is unruly and destructive behaviour-such as brawls, vandalism and intimidation-by association football club fans. [...]Football hooliganism can range from shouts and small-scale fistfights and disturbances to huge riots where firms attack each other with deadly weapons such as sports bats, bottles, rocks, knives and pistols."
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