UK Riots

(10-08-2011 19:04 )SYBORG666 Wrote:  ..., i'm confident that the Army will be brought in then...

I doubt if you will ever see the Army on our streets.

One difficulty the politicians will have in trying to understand why it all happened, is expressed by Jethro Tull in the last line of their song below.

this is ridculous if you go to any othe foriegn country the rioters will be beaten with sticks

I can now relax tonight due to a heavy police presence in the area.
I hope it does peter out now.

libyan goverment are urging the UN to protect the "protesters" in the uk from "repression". you know when your in the shit is when libya call for UN action.

this what the police should be doing the rioters

looks like another quiet night with only minor disturbances, so at the moment it seems to be fizzling out

Look as though it's all kicking off again in Eltham. how many coppers are they deplying there? looks as though half the Met Force has
turned up!!

Forget these riots I have just had 10 + caravans go down my street in a gypsy raid

In my view the very large majority of rioting has been opportunistic, mindless thuggery of the most pointless and self defeatist nature. Its just jumping on a causeless bandwagon to steal, rob, damage, destroy and cause anarchy. Destroying cars, buildings and vandalism to business premises does nothing to build community spirit or improve the state of local economies, quite the opposite actually happens. This rioting is not a reaction by those feeling alienated from society, it is just selfish, thoughtless nonsense that is forcing our police to be wasting time and resource on these yobs. The bill for all the damage done and cost of jailing and punishing the culprits eventually goes straight back to the tax payer. Burning down business premises and wrecking communities is only going to help slow down any economic recovery rather than speed it up. Everybody suffers, nobody gains. It is really depressing to see especially when so many of those involved appear to be teenagers.

good old british weather of rain in the summer has made some areas quieter. are rioters thinking "its too wet riot." rain stops riots. rain is employed the police as special riot officer.