Seriously, wtf is going on in London?

EnidFalcor · August 2011

hamilton.ja:

The fact that anyone is trying to connect what is going on now to what happened last week with the shooting in Tottenham makes me almost more angry. I can totally understand the anger of that man's family and community. These total arseholes are trying to use him as an excuse for their despicable behavior - it would make me irate if I were them. There was a legitimate reason that they were protesting PEACFULLY and these f'ers come in and turn it into this. It's horrid.

This. How sad for the family of the man killed, regardless of the circumstances and the he said/they said, they are grieving and these riots are in NO WAY related to something as lofty as social justice. It's just madness and people with no respect for human life or pride in their community.

laptopprancer · August 2011

Snippylynn:
I saw on CNN this morning that the people of the community where the man was actually killed feel that people are just taking advantage of the situation and they're upset about there being no reason for the riots.

DH and I were talking about this last night. None of this has anything to do with the man who was shot anymore, nor does it have to do with motivation towards social change. It's all about stealing and destroying now. It's really effed up.

The pics from Croydon on BBC World News last night had my chin on the floor.

Indifferent

frlcb · August 2011

EnidFalcor:
hamilton.ja:

The fact that anyone is trying to connect what is going on now to what happened last week with the shooting in Tottenham makes me almost more angry. I can totally understand the anger of that man's family and community. These total arseholes are trying to use him as an excuse for their despicable behavior - it would make me irate if I were them. There was a legitimate reason that they were protesting PEACFULLY and these f'ers come in and turn it into this. It's horrid.

This. How sad for the family of the man killed, regardless of the circumstances and the he said/they said, they are grieving and these riots are in NO WAY related to something as lofty as social justice. It's just madness and people with no respect for human life or pride in their community.

This is completely it. These are a bunch of young kids (some as young as 8) who have seen an opportunity to wreak havoc and loot and they are jumping on it. It is so bad. I was in State College, PA one summer, in 1998, and there were riots. There was no reason, just a bunch of drunk college students who thought it would be funny. There was $150,000 worth of damages and multiple arrests. We stood on our friends balcony and watched, in shock, as kids did this for fun. It was disgusting.

frlcb · August 2011

EnidFalcor:
hamilton.ja:

The fact that anyone is trying to connect what is going on now to what happened last week with the shooting in Tottenham makes me almost more angry. I can totally understand the anger of that man's family and community. These total arseholes are trying to use him as an excuse for their despicable behavior - it would make me irate if I were them. There was a legitimate reason that they were protesting PEACFULLY and these f'ers come in and turn it into this. It's horrid.

This. How sad for the family of the man killed, regardless of the circumstances and the he said/they said, they are grieving and these riots are in NO WAY related to something as lofty as social justice. It's just madness and people with no respect for human life or pride in their community.

This is completely it. These are a bunch of young kids (some as young as 8) who have seen an opportunity to wreak havoc and loot and they are jumping on it. It is so bad. I was in State College, PA one summer, in 1998, and there were riots. There was no reason, just a bunch of drunk college students who thought it would be funny. There was $150,000 worth of damages and multiple arrests. We stood on our friends balcony and watched, in shock, as kids did this for fun. It was disgusting.

stever · August 2011

ILikePineapples:
I don't think anyone thought it'd be so bad at first. Now it's gangs using twitter & other social networking to go to places where the police aren't...so it's tough. What really does need to happen (in my view) is a curfew and the army should be called in. Or they need to shut down the mobile network for a bit so that these people can't communicate for a while.

welshgirl · August 2011

EnidFalcor:
hamilton.ja:

The fact that anyone is trying to connect what is going on now to what happened last week with the shooting in Tottenham makes me almost more angry. I can totally understand the anger of that man's family and community. These total arseholes are trying to use him as an excuse for their despicable behavior - it would make me irate if I were them. There was a legitimate reason that they were protesting PEACFULLY and these f'ers come in and turn it into this. It's horrid.

This. How sad for the family of the man killed, regardless of the circumstances and the he said/they said, they are grieving and these riots are in NO WAY related to something as lofty as social justice. It's just madness and people with no respect for human life or pride in their community.

This is what I've been thinking. And this is why violent protest is so ridiculous - you cannot make your point of protest heard over violence. Non-violent protest is the only way to be heard. There can be no connection to the man's death, really, just people who have a lust for violent behaviour and think this is the time they can get away with it.

Seriously, wtf is going on in London?

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