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Old 08-09-2011, 07:53 AM
 
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The looters call it "distribution of wealth".

I fail to see how wrecking neighborhood businesses will be financially beneficial in the long run.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:14 AM
 
Location: NW Nevada
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This is frighteningly similar to the Rodney King riots. Some varmint ends up on the wrong end of some frustrated and ticked off cops, gets what's expected and POW. Time to go shopping.
This is hardly "protest", more like just an excuse for anarchy. One interesting fact to ponder is that the guy the cops shot had to have been under surveillance for a while. Ic the cops had guns the operation to take him down would have to have been pre approved. British cops have to sign out weapons and have 50 miles of forms before a firearm is issued. They had to have known in advance the.creep was armed. Its not like our cops who carry a weapon daily.
I'm glad I am not living there. Lambs in a wolf pit........
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:22 AM
 
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Then people wonder why Asian countries don't want to adopt the Western "diversity" model (aka, bring in a lot of African immigrants).
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:26 AM
 
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If the british people had access to guns, there would be far less victims being assualted and less property damage over there right now. And if the protestors resorted to using guns, then the police would have full recourse to use as much deadly force as necessary. I think the brits may be a little slow in learning but they will come around . They are if nothing else a resilient people.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:30 AM
 
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it appears that others are now getting involved for the hell of it.

this is what you call mob mentality.

you feel you can get away with anything when you are in a large group, so you do things youd never think you would do.

whites did the same thing when they destroyed vancouver earlier this summer.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:30 AM
 
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Just the typical thugs taking advanatge of the opportunity to burn and steal.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:36 AM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Tranquilizer darts!


Seriously, round them up as they drop.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:38 AM
 
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Perhaps if the UK hadn't spent so much time being smug about the US's racial problems they could've focused on their own problems before things got out of hand.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:39 AM
 
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it appears that others are now getting involved for the hell of it.

this is what you call mob mentality.

you feel you can get away with anything when you are in a large group, so you do things youd never think you would do.

whites did the same thing when they destroyed vancouver earlier this summer.
The funny thing will be when the white and black rioters start killing each other. Would be worth a couple of chuckles.
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Old 08-09-2011, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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If the british people had access to guns, there would be far less victims being assualted and less property damage over there right now. And if the protestors resorted to using guns, then the police would have full recourse to use as much deadly force as necessary. I think the brits may be a little slow in learning but they will come around . They are if nothing else a resilient people.
They have. One person shot last night has died in the hospital.
So the police will now get the water canons ready.....
This is what happens when a populace decide that guns are bad.
Well folks..the bad guys will get their guns anyway and then guess who's left with no guns ?

UK Riots Live Blog | Al Jazeera Blogs
A 26-year-old man who was shot in a car in Croydon, south of London, during disturbances this week has died, becoming the first fatality of riots sweeping Britain, the BBC reported on Tuesday.
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