Rioting in UK capital

[DirectorDave]

An audio clip and a video clip that may be of interest

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The thoughts of 2 young looters

An injured man helped to his feet

[Ally]

That's what happens when people are raised to believe that they are entitled to things they are not entitled to, that their "rights" are all that matters, and when they come to expect that things should just be given to them and that they don't have to work or conform to standards of behavior.

Entitlement mentality breeds shitheads. That's just how it goes. Forget earning and stick with burning.

[Robert]

Limehouse, you seem genuinely surprised that our society has bred this scum.

[Colin Roberts]

I'm guessing very few of these thugs are looting book shops.

I'm sure that none of them are, Don!

Unfortunately, however, some would advocate an attempt to end all of this, by burning book shops, and all of the merchandise, therein.

Kids will be kids!

It's happened before - need we all be reminded that 53 persons were killed, during the Los Angeles riots, of 1992; it's happening now; and it will happen again!

[Limehouse]

Why are you 'ashamed', Limehouse? What could/should you have done to prevent any of this, and how else should you have reacted to it?

I'm sad, but I can't change the fact that I was born and brought up in London, and I wouldn't want to. I will never be ashamed of that, any more than I would feel responsible for what has been happening in Croydon, where I have chosen to live since 1978.

Love,

Caz
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I feel let down by my own kind. Those people in Norway just gathered quietly and with dignity to remember their dead and to show the perpetrator that his actions could not break their spirit or their commitment to fairness and equality.

Then we have the ugly and greedy thugs - angry about what? The circumstances surrounding Thurday's shooting are not even fully known but there they are smashing things up - demanding the right to be angry and to deprive others of their living and their homes. It's just shameful.

[Robert]

Reading isn't cool, bro, innit?

[Supe]

I'm guessing very few of these thugs are looting book shops.

Don.

[caz]

Why are you 'ashamed', Limehouse? What could/should you have done to prevent any of this, and how else should you have reacted to it?

I'm sad, but I can't change the fact that I was born and brought up in London, and I wouldn't want to. I will never be ashamed of that, any more than I would feel responsible for what has been happening in Croydon, where I have chosen to live since 1978.

Love,

Caz
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[Limehouse]

I cannot help but think about the people of Norway and how dignified and calm they were in the face of the most terrible of events and how ugly the behaviour here is by comparison. I am deeply, deeply ashamed.

[jason_c]

It's all to do with being young and not having the sense to want to be an individual.

Immature copycats all; determined criminals very few I'd wager.

Love,

Caz
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This pretty much hits the nail on the head.

[Abby Normal]

I live in the states and this truly saddens me about my British bretheren. I hope this gets calmed down and the issues resolved.

Hang in there and God bless.

[Ally]

Ooh the PM is vowing to get tough with them, he is. Going to give them a stern talking to and a firm finger wagging in their general direction.

"Naughty! Bad hooligans! I am going to take away your privileges if you don't stop! That's right...no more free welfare checks in the mail, you'll have to pay the postage! Bad, naughty thugs. "

[lynn cates]

British

Hello Chris. Now THAT'S proper British behaviour.

Thanks, I feel a bit better now.

Cheers.
LC

[Chris]

Keep Calm and Carry On.

[Sister Hyde]

Is the Olympic Games still on then?

Well, if not, Ally's suggestion of mass shooting could be turned into an olympic discipline damn for once I think I would start "training"