Lots of people are going to say their part about this, and so far I've heard everything from the 'shame' crowd to the 'let's go and riot' crowd. Plenty of riots this year and lots of people complaining and wondering why. Well, in London's case a black man who was young, poor, and a father was shot by police, then a vigil type of demonstration occurred and then violent elements started the riot. Why was violence answered with violence? Ask your local philosopher.
I was following the Twitter feeds and I must say I have absolutely nothing to say on this matter. It's, well, bloody when looting happens but then again it's also pretty bloody when someone is summarily shot without explanation. Also I've seen some comparisons to the Vancouver riots, which were puerile tantrums compared to this - don't mix apples and oranges people, or we'll make you drink the juice. Dumb fucks.
It's a bad situation and I hope it gets better. Personally I don't know why people are talking about an event which will happen in one year's time in relation to the current riots. I guess it's the same kind of muckraking China had to deal with a year before its Olympics which went very well, I might add. In any case this has nothing to do with the Olympics and everything to do with poor neighbourhoods and police actions and criminality. There is no reason to conflate this story with anything else when there are larger news stories going on.
And lets not forget what the News of the World might have said about this event: "Nazi Orgy involving Royals leads to Cold-Blooded Police Murder, Communists and Ultra-violence Droogs Riot in Response" except, well, they're out of business for being a third-rate opiate rag.......
Oh and the question I'd ask the experts is Where is the justice in all this? They're going to have a deuce of a time finding it.
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