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[chung_sao_ming]

If someone did something like this in the UK and injured the attacker they would get send to prison, there have been few cases similar to it.

 

[Desmond]

I'm amazed at how pissed-off I am at the moment.

Seeing one of our (Europe's) greatest cities and one on my doorstep like this is sickening and makes my blood boil.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

No there really hasn't.

Let me guess, you're going to talk about Tony Martin.

My area apparently targeted next.

 

[Carl]

He needs to get back on HIGNFY asap.

Hell yes. Been wanting to see him back on it for ages.

 

[Emerson]

This is really a fucked up situation. I dunno what GAF's hivemind opinion on this is so I may either be flamed or agreed with, but I've always thought the policy over there of cops being unarmed is really stupid. It wouldn't totally solve the problem but I do think it would help get the situation under control more easily. I can't imagine something like this going on so long in the USA.

 

[Clear]

Why are people still spouting this nonsense? This riot is a convenient excuse for a class of society to go looting and causing destruction that they won't have to pay for. No ideaology is behind this

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Well said sir.

What pisses me off most about apologia is the way it infers that anyone who comes from an underprivileged background will turn out to be a scumbag.

Millions of people worldwide drag themselves out of far worse situations every year, but its rarely mentioned because small-scale success stories that evidence the triumph of success through hard work and willpower aren't as "newsworthy" (i.e. sells copy) as those that wallow in the most debased aspects of humanity.

 

[Salazar]

He's a lovable buffoon that's for sure.

Buffoon is close to the mark, but he is a remarkably more clever man than buffoon implies.

 

[skybaby]

If you don't fear the police, this is what happens. How do you think all those who live at favelas, excluded from society and surrounded by drug trafficking henchmen, are held back here in brazil? With this:

Pure fear.

 

[PJV3]

I hate and love Boris at the same time.

As a character in an Ealing comedy he'd be perfect, as the leader of a major world city, no thank you.
The hacking scandal, his comments about liverpudlians etc reveal his true nature.

 

[Ooccoo]

I find it funny how police can't even stop rioters. Send the dogs or something. They need to be teached a lesson. They're stealing and destroying stuff people worked several hours for, like independant shops. I'd seriously shoot someone if that happened to me.

 

[PJV3]

Buffoon is close to the mark, but he is a remarkably more clever man than buffoon implies.

Agreed.

 

[Hari Seldon]

I find it funny how police can't even stop rioters. Send the dogs or something. They need to be teached a lesson. They're stealing and destroying stuff people worked several hours for, like independant shops. I'd seriously shoot someone if that happened to me.

If this was the age before cell phone cameras and whatnot the riots would have been stopped 2 days ago.

 

[Furret]

As a character in an Ealing comedy he'd be perfect, as the leader of a major world city, no thank you.
The hacking scandal, his comments about liverpudlians etc reveal his true nature.

What does he have to do with the hacking scandal.

The Liverpudialian remark was right on target too. Truth hurts.

 

[Meatpuppet]

If you don't fear the police, this is what happens. How do you think all those who live at favelas, excluded from society and surrounded by drug trafficking henchmen, are held back here in brazil? With this:

Pure fear.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/video-of-police-helicopter-shot-down-in-rio/

 

[IdreamofHIME]

I'm looking at this guy on Sky News talking about his Thai restaurant being looted and I'm thinking I know him from somewhere.....

It's bloody Adrian Mills from That's Life!

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

That's a pretty bad idea too.

It worked.

 

[Meadows]

This is really a fucked up situation. I dunno what GAF's hivemind opinion on this is so I may either be flamed or agreed with, but I've always thought the policy over there of cops being unarmed is really stupid. It wouldn't totally solve the problem but I do think it would help get the situation under control more easily. I can't imagine something like this going on so long in the USA.

Lasted 6 days in the L.A. riots.

In general people in the UK agree with the police being unarmed. Police in the US are far too trigger happy. The police do need to be more intimidating though, they're being pushed around by these cunts.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

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Well said sir.

What pisses me off most about apologia is the way it infers that anyone who comes from an underprivileged background will turn out to be a scumbag.

Millions of people worldwide drag themselves out of far worse situations every year, but its rarely mentioned because small-scale success stories that evidence the triumph of success through hard work and willpower aren't as "newsworthy" (i.e. sells copy) as those that wallow in the most debased aspects of humanity.

I think it's a terrible example of "first world problems" that young people in the UK (and now it seems, the US) are organizing riots to get free TVs and sneakers (or simply beat up white people), whereas in the middle east young people were organizing riots to take back their country from corrupt regimes that were carpet bombing them in retaliation.

 

[ChiTownBuffalo]

If you don't fear the police, this is what happens. How do you think all those who live at favelas, excluded from society and surrounded by drug trafficking henchmen, are held back here in brazil? With this:

Pure fear.

But aren't they also repsonsible for possible hundreds of criminal executuons and corruption?

 

[Ponti]

This is really a fucked up situation. I dunno what GAF's hivemind opinion on this is so I may either be flamed or agreed with, but I've always thought the policy over there of cops being unarmed is really stupid. It wouldn't totally solve the problem but I do think it would help get the situation under control more easily. I can't imagine something like this going on so long in the USA.

I don't think having police unarmed is stupid, infact I think letting the police all carry firearms is the more stupid situation. There are better deterrents than firearms. Rubber bullet to the midsection being one of them.

 

[Poona]

You guys have KFC over there!!!?

Serious?

KFC is in many places. Just like McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Subway, etc are.

Actually KFC has actually been in the UK since 1965.

http://kfc.co.uk

In Australia it opened in 1968.

http://kfc.com.au

The list goes on...

Also I believe in China, Colonel Sanders is admired quite a bit and they are more profitable there than they are in the US.

 

[Stet]

(or simply beat up white people)

What the...

 

[Lakitu]

Boris Johnson is a fucking prick, but that's a discussion for another time and thread.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Just saw this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsRwwQJdKjE

Disgusting... poor kid.

Holy crap

 

[LiK]

Need more K9 units. A couple of bites will make them think twice.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Footage of Sony centre on tv now, it's completely destroyed

 

[SteveWD40]

Sky News are actually running a ticker saying which parts of London will be unguarded...

 

[PJV3]

What does he have to do with the hacking scandal.

The Liverpudialian remark was right on target too. Truth hurts.

He dismissed the whole thing as poppycock, and when pressed about it a news conference his unpleasant side started to appear. I just can't stand his bumbling fool routine, he's far more ruthless and clever than that.

 

[Divvy]

Sky News are actually running a ticker saying which parts of London will be unguarded...

It's a trap?

 

[LiK]

Sky News are actually running a ticker saying which parts of London will be unguarded...

Lovely, help those hooligans out.

 

[Emerson]

Lasted 6 days in the L.A. riots.

In general people in the UK agree with the police being unarmed. Police in the US are far too trigger happy. The police do need to be more intimidating though, they're being pushed around by these cunts.

I have to admit that I was only two years old during the LA Riots, but I think I would argue that those were motivated by a serious ideological cause which I'd imagine would make them harder to deal with than a bunch of idiot kids.

I like guns and I think if criminals are armed cops should be too. But I could see the argument for patrolling cops in the UK to not be armed. But when this kind of shit happens, bring in the guns. Seriously.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Need more K9 units. A couple of bites will make them think twice.

The dogs were having bricks thrown at them

 

[TGMIII]

I don't think having police unarmed is stupid, infact I think letting the police all carry firearms is the more stupid situation. There are better deterrents than firearms. Rubber bullet to the midsection being one of them.

Which can be just as deadly as a real bullet. If you've got to pull a gun on someone it should be in self defence only if you feel your life in actually in danger and to kill, nothing else. A riot squad could easily deal with what's going on without resorting to any sort of shooting.

 

[Shaka]

Serious?

KFC is in many places. Just like McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Subway, etc are.

Actually KFC has actually been in the UK since 1965.

http://kfc.co.uk

In Australia it opened in 1968.

http://kfc.com.au

The list goes on...

Also I believe in China, Colonel Sanders is admired quite a bit and they are more profitable there than they are in the US.

KFC is everywhere. Even in Zimbabwe I knew that.

 

[Lakitu]

Sky News are actually running a ticker saying which parts of London will be unguarded...

Which parts? I hope my county isn't on the list.

 

[skybaby]

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/video-of-police-helicopter-shot-down-in-rio/

The people who fire at helicopters are long past the point of no return. The people rioting London are doing so because they're pretty sure nothing is gonna happen to them, not even a rubber bullet to the chest.

 

[Rourkey]

Girl caught looting the store she works for, in her work jacket!

 

[LiK]

The dogs were having bricks thrown at them

Alright, send in the bears.

 

[SteveWD40]

Lovely, help those hooligans out.

Indeed, Murdoch loves any distraction from his Cunt Network and Sky are loving having stuff to get worked up about.

Hope Kay Burleys house gets looted.

 

[raphier]

Girl caught looting the store she works for, in her work jacket!

You are late, boy. Tomorrow you will be better.

 

[thelatestmodel]

Sky News are actually running a ticker saying which parts of London will be unguarded...

Brilliant.

Innit.

 

[TheExecutive]

Lasted 6 days in the L.A. riots.

In general people in the UK agree with the police being unarmed. Police in the US are far too trigger happy. The police do need to be more intimidating though, they're being pushed around by these cunts.

It only lasted a couple days but the curfew was in effect for 6 days. Oh and I love our second amendment because when a gov't becomes inept to defend its citizens, as London seems to have done, the citizens can protect themselves. Police not carrying guns is not the issue here though its the lack of force.

 

[PJV3]

Should Manchester be sending their Riot squad to london at a time like this, or is it just a few of them?

 

[Divvy]

Girl caught looting the store she works for, in her work jacket!

Hilarious pose on the girl in the back.

 

[SteveWD40]

Which parts? I hope my county isn't on the list.

No idea, don't watch that shit, it's all over Twitter that they are doing it though.

 

[Queen of Hunting]

orpington high street is on lock down, tesco didnt open today, police want the high street closed.

 

[TheExecutive]

Sky News are actually running a ticker saying which parts of London will be unguarded...

Responsible journalism right there.

 

[Ponti]

Which can be just as deadly as a real bullet.

Midsection, not the eye. I'm not saying they should be used in every riot either, just for situations like this where the shit has clearly hit the fan.

 

[moramo]

guys what's the main reason for this riots

sorry for asking but i am really confused

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Woman on Sky News
Luckily is ramadan, so they're too hungry to riot.

...omg.