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Old 08-09-2011, 10:18 AM
 
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For someone totally uninterested in the topic you seem unable to stop posting...

By the way,this might be of interest to British posters...
He's not interested if they are interested. What does them being interested have to do with him? He is profoundly uninterested. Enormously uninterested. If you were to do a test on who was the least interested in this thread, he would easily be the most disinterested. He possibly could not be more disinterested.

He just like adding to post count by adding completely nothing to this (or any) conversation with his provincial proclamations of disinterest.
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:21 AM
 
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You missed something. Check again.
If gun control worked, then Mexico would be one of the safest countries in the Americas. Fail

Canada has increasing gun crime, and guns are hard to come by there. You can't just pick one up from Walmart over there and you have to register it in a federal database and have a license and yet gun crime has been escalating there. Explain that or explain how Puerto Rico probably has the most restrictive gun laws in the U.S. and we get about 1000 murders a year out of a population of 3.9M
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:27 AM
 
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If gun control worked, then Mexico would be one of the safest countries in the Americas. Fail

Canada has increasing gun crime, and guns are hard to come by there. You can't just pick one up from Walmart over there and you have to register it in a federal database and have a license and yet gun crime has been escalating there. Explain that
You missed it again.... Your comprehension is waning if you can't see I was making a solid PRO gun stance.

The OP asked when will the UK realize they multiculturalism has failed. I posted "or that their anti gun stance has made them safe and curbed their crime" pointing to yet another fallacy in their politics... Their anti gun stance being the fallacy... Geesh, don't think I should have had to explain all this..
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:33 AM
 
Location: Scotland
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the independent police complaints commission has just released a statement saying Mark Duggan (the man who was shot before the riots started) never fired a shot, and the two bullets fired were from police issued firearms, this is likely to inflame the situation i think, maybe they should have kept this quiet for a few days
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:35 AM
 
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the independent police complaints commission has just released a statement saying Mark Duggan (the man who was shot before the riots started) never fired a shot, and the two bullets fired were from police issued firearms, this is likely to inflame the situation i think, maybe they should have kept this quiet for a few days
I think it's better to be upfront at this point, lest they be accused of withholding information.
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:36 AM
 
Location: 20 years from now
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Why should the British have to pay for what their dead ancestors wrought?
Because they are benefitting from what their dead ancestors wrought.
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:38 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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The benefits of multiculturalism are bestowed to London.

Shops and Cars Burn in Antipolice Riot in London - NYTimes.com
A few months ago, London was abuzz over the Royal Wedding. Quite the spectacle, yet centuries of preference and such severe class distinctions evidently have had an incredibly negative impact on the lives of minorities there. Centuries of racial discrimination and mistreatment appear to have taken their toll in London. On one extreme there is the spectacle of the Royal Wedding. On the other side is severe racism and mistreatment of minorities. I am not surprised by the riots.

I think England needs to address the CAUSE. Serious, serious problem.
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:40 AM
 
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A few month ago, London was abuzz over the Royal Wedding. Quite the spectacle, yet centuries of preference and such severe class distinctions evidently have had an incredibly negative impact on the lives of minorities there. Centuries of racial discrimination and mistreatment appear to have taken their toll in London. On one extreme there is the spectacle of the Royal Wedding. On the other side is severe racism and mistreatment of minorities. I am not surprised by the riots.

I think England needs to address the CAUSE. Serious, serious problem.
What the **** are you talking about? The welfare programs over there are ten times as generous as the US. They've been bending over backwards to help minorities for years now.
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Old 08-09-2011, 10:42 AM
 
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A few month ago, London was abuzz over the Royal Wedding. Quite the spectacle, yet centuries of preference and such severe class distinctions evidently have had an incredibly negative impact on the lives of minorities there. Centuries of racial discrimination and mistreatment appear to have taken their toll in London. On one extreme there is the spectacle of the Royal Wedding. On the other side is severe racism and mistreatment of minorities. I am not surprised by the riots.

I think England needs to address the CAUSE. Serious, serious problem.
Everyone is created (born, if you'd like) equal but it doesn't end up that way. That falls directly on the efforts of the man. Any one of those royal family members could end up on the street through decisions they make just as anyone born in squaller can rise to wealth and prominence. Get over yourself and watch my carpet, your heart is bleeding all over it.

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Old 08-09-2011, 10:42 AM
 
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Because they are benefitting from what their dead ancestors wrought.
This is such BS. This is the kind of thinking that legitimizes racism. I do not care what happened to their ancestors. Stop blaming your FAILURES on everyone else. You are not your ancestors. You are your own person and YOU are responsible for your own life.

What the **** is this world coming to?
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