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London riots spreading through UK
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Nihilistic Monk
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Ok, so what if this turns into the UK's Kent State? What if innocent people caught up in it are caught in crossfire? I just don't think a Military force needs to be deployed with rubber bullets. The police are better trained for this type of situation.zmoney said:
SolidusDave
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Empty said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsRwwQJdKjE
Fair compromise: Beat them up before arresting them?
CitizenCope
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I say beat them even if it's someone who's been sitting at home for 3 days and decided "I think I want a piece of this".Empty said:
butter_stick
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God he's using "broken Britain" unironically.anonnumber6 said:
scotcheggz
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Empty said:
Too right.
lifa-cobex
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Count Dookkake said:
Sad but i'm afraid I agree.
Maybe used as cannon fodder in war.
speaking though rage
Meatpuppet
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DECK'ARD said:
Cack, my brother lives in/by one of the shittier estates. At least there are no nearby shops
thezerofire
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you do whatever you have to in self-defense. if someone is trying to cause you harm, you fight back in whatever way you can.Snowman said:
jakonovski
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Christ, what's with the fantasies about beating, shooting and killing rioters? I don't see exactly how it's any better if it's deranged nerds driving the violence. Except for spaghetti wrists not hurting much and all that.
zomgbbqftw
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ashbash159 said:
The police have the capability to handle this. The politicians don't have the fucking balls to authorise the police to bust heads and fuck all of the idiots up. The manpower to deal with this is available, the political will of those Eton poshos in charge of our country is what is lacking at the moment.
The Orange
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tehbible said:
All this means that if something like this would go down in the US, the rioters would have guns instead of rocks and bottles. I don't see how that would be in any way an improved situation.
Count Dookkake
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Verendus said:
Pretty certain no emigrants are involved in this...
cyberheater
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Count Dookkake said:
Can you tone down your blood lust a tad. It's getting offensive.
FunkyPajamas
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Truth be told, most of these rioters will either walk away free or go to prison and become even worse thugs. I honestly feel sad that it has come to this and I don't wish anybody dead but I do think the Government needs to crack down on this people and an example should be made.
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burning shop in manchester from another view. they need to get the fire brigade in there fast or the whole building will be gone.
burning shop in manchester from another view. they need to get the fire brigade in there fast or the whole building will be gone.
Gemüsestäbchen
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dwu8991 said:
You are full of ..., get out of this thread.
Count Dookkake
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cyberheater said:
Your willingness to be degraded is more offensive.
lifa-cobex
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ashbash159 said:
Send in the mindless thugs against it.
anonnumber6
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Your Excellency
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Do the politicians/experts moaning about BBM have no idea how dumb they sound? It's basically just texting. Maybe the history books have it wrong, maybe the Boxer Rebellion was organised via Blackberry Messenger and Twitter.
All attempts at politicising this are failing terribly. Ken Livingstone is going on and on about how it's due to spending cuts. WRONG, half these kids don't even know what spending cuts means. Others are blaming police cuts. But they haven't even started cutting the police yet. Others going on about youth clubs. Do they really think these kids wouldn't go looting if they went to youth clubs? Some blame the fact that these kids grew up in poverty. Except so did millions of other kids, and they aren't rioting. Others are going on about how the police treat these kids badly, and those tensions caused it. No, they really didn't - these kids would hate the police whether they were the hippies we have now or hard-ass militants.
The weirdest part of all this is that all the bullshit politicising is coming almost solely from the left. Normally you'd think there would be a huge firestorm about immigration, multiculturalism, etc due to the significant number of ethnic minorities seen in the pictures. But none of the people being interviewed on tv are talking about that stuff, and credit to them for it. This is nothing to do with immigration or even race. Even Sky News seem to get that. And crazier still, the Conservatives are the party going on about 'hug a hoodie' and 'we must police by consent' and not wanting to take a hard line. HELLO? You're the fucking Conservative party, you're the Security party, you're the party that is supposed to take a hard line, zero tolerance approach to rioting scum and not give a fuck about their human rights.
The only political angles that I think have any legitimacy in this issue are:
1. Are future police cuts sustainable, when they can't even protect the public at full strength?
2. The police need more effective ways of dispersing rioters. i.e. rubber bullets, water cannons.
3. The BBC need more funding so that they can buy another news helicopter. The current one goes down every 5 minutes to refuel or some shit.
All attempts at politicising this are failing terribly. Ken Livingstone is going on and on about how it's due to spending cuts. WRONG, half these kids don't even know what spending cuts means. Others are blaming police cuts. But they haven't even started cutting the police yet. Others going on about youth clubs. Do they really think these kids wouldn't go looting if they went to youth clubs? Some blame the fact that these kids grew up in poverty. Except so did millions of other kids, and they aren't rioting. Others are going on about how the police treat these kids badly, and those tensions caused it. No, they really didn't - these kids would hate the police whether they were the hippies we have now or hard-ass militants.
The weirdest part of all this is that all the bullshit politicising is coming almost solely from the left. Normally you'd think there would be a huge firestorm about immigration, multiculturalism, etc due to the significant number of ethnic minorities seen in the pictures. But none of the people being interviewed on tv are talking about that stuff, and credit to them for it. This is nothing to do with immigration or even race. Even Sky News seem to get that. And crazier still, the Conservatives are the party going on about 'hug a hoodie' and 'we must police by consent' and not wanting to take a hard line. HELLO? You're the fucking Conservative party, you're the Security party, you're the party that is supposed to take a hard line, zero tolerance approach to rioting scum and not give a fuck about their human rights.
The only political angles that I think have any legitimacy in this issue are:
1. Are future police cuts sustainable, when they can't even protect the public at full strength?
2. The police need more effective ways of dispersing rioters. i.e. rubber bullets, water cannons.
3. The BBC need more funding so that they can buy another news helicopter. The current one goes down every 5 minutes to refuel or some shit.
BlazingDarkness
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100 chavs looted foot asylum in the arndale centre in manchester
dwu8991 said:
Your ethnic background does your reasoning no help. All races rioting are from similar economic backgrounds. More than likely they have no money to afford the lifestyle they desire hence looting merchandise they'll most likely use from Footlock, JD, Currys, Tescos, Sony.
BattleMedic
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They're nuts attacking the city centre.Deadman said:
jakonovski
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Count Dookkake said:
You're just as much a thug as those cheering on the rioters. Another shithead getting his rocks off fantasizing about violence. You just wear a different colored shirt.
SpaceBridge
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Im watching the BBC News stream, and someone is reporting rioters in Picadilly? Isnt that in London? "Pitched battles" are being reported. Is this true?
anonnumber6
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Meus Renaissance
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PaulLewis: #Enfield: 100 white men, 30s-40s, sprinting along Hertford Rd. Shouts of "Get the Pakis."
betty swollocks
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butter_stick said:
And also his right. I come from a poor background and have had to work my way up to where I am. Nothing handed to me. Support myself, pay my bills.
These people have nothing to offer. Expect respect without earning. Fuck them and their family.
Manos: The Hans of Fate
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The Orange said:
It would ease up the ROE a bit for the cops. Then again you would have seen CS and Rubber Bullets deployed earlier.
To the best of my knowledge hoses really don't get used a lot in this country (dogs to an extent too), because of that whole hosing and dog attacks on Civil Rights Protesters.
Spirit of Jazz
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cyberheater said:
Could you explain how they'll contribute to society and won't further be a blight on the tax-payer? How their current actions aren't ruining the lives of business owers/employees and will probably have server repercussions on those who need benefits? In what way are we not better off with them dead?
butter_stick
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Christ.Meus Renaissance said:
anonnumber6
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DIESEL store being looted in Manchester http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg737/scaled.php?tn=0&server=737&filename=xk0kw.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
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