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Old 08-10-2011, 01:27 AM
 
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It already has begun... the violent flash mobs which have been wreaking havoc on cities like Philadelphia and Chicago. Things haven't been looking too good in the world lately. Anyone else concur?
The world has never looked all that great when people are involved. It's just that 24/7 live coverage of damned near everything is fairly recent.
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Old 08-10-2011, 01:33 AM
 
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The world has never looked all that great when people are involved. It's just that 24/7 live coverage of damned near everything is fairly recent.
Best to just close your drapes.
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Old 08-10-2011, 01:56 AM
 
Location: Y-Town Area
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Arrow London Riots

Here's a video of a man near where the riots took place in the U.K.
This is a link to the British broadcast.


‪London Riots. (The BBC will never replay this. Send it out)‬‏ - YouTube
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Old 08-10-2011, 05:44 AM
 
Location: NC
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These riots have nothing to do with race. It's mainly fed-up lower class people going around and setting stuff on fire and stealing....
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Old 08-10-2011, 05:44 AM
 
Location: Scotland
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And we have to love the way you feel so outraged that the police shot a criminal carrying a weapon with the intent to hurt others. Meanwhile not a peep from you when the same kind of thugs kill innocent people for a lot less. Despicable.
Did you actually read my comment? Your the despicable one, I said if he raised the gun towards the police, then he should have been shot, if he only had a gun on his possession and posed no threat but was still shot dead, the police need to pay for that, you don't agree? well you are as despicable as they come IMO
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Old 08-10-2011, 06:04 AM
 
Location: Scotland
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death toll up to 4, man arrested on suspicion 3 counts of murder

BBC News - Three killed in crash on night of Birmingham riots

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Old 08-10-2011, 06:57 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Here's a pretty good article on this:

Londoners: Rioting through the ages - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
"Britain may be faced with a social menace that cannot be stopped, because this rebellion, unlike past insurrections, has no political or moral consciousness, only an indiscriminate urge to consume and destroy."
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Old 08-10-2011, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Here's a pretty good article on this:

Londoners: Rioting through the ages - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
"Britain may be faced with a social menace that cannot be stopped, because this rebellion, unlike past insurrections, has no political or moral consciousness, only an indiscriminate urge to consume and destroy."
Must be because of the demographic changes. What's good to see though is the wide condemnation of the violence even among nonwhite Brits. In America we would have endless apologists parroting their latest social theories as to why this is happening.
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Old 08-10-2011, 09:27 AM
 
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Did you actually read my comment? Your the despicable one, I said if he raised the gun towards the police, then he should have been shot, if he only had a gun on his possession and posed no threat but was still shot dead, the police need to pay for that, you don't agree? well you are as despicable as they come IMO
The thing you don't understand is that we don't give a **** about your thugs. They show no remorse towards the innocent victims they kill on a daily basis. We have no obligation to them. It's their fault if they die in the brutal environment they themselves created. Resources should go to protect people who can't even carry weapons to defend themselves, and to the hard working individuals who had their businesses and houses looted and burned by those lowlife scum you want to coddle so much. If you really care then go to England, give him and his mourning homies a hug each and stop trying to make us feel sorry for a group of nothings.
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Old 08-10-2011, 10:15 AM
 
Location: Scotland
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The thing you don't understand is that we don't give a **** about your thugs. They show no remorse towards the innocent victims they kill on a daily basis. We have no obligation to them. It's their fault if they die in the brutal environment they themselves created. Resources should go to protect people who can't even carry weapons to defend themselves, and to the hard working individuals who had their businesses and houses looted and burned by those lowlife scum you want to coddle so much. If you really care then go to England, give him and his mourning homies a hug each and stop trying to make us feel sorry for a group of nothings.
You are, simply put, an idiot
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