London riots spreading through UK
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ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
What does "bring your ballys" mean?
Like is it some sort of bag to put looted goods in?
Like is it some sort of bag to put looted goods in?
Boss Doggie
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Why are they allowed to riot with a pointless reason anyway?
dreamcastmaster
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ThisWreckage said:
It's almost 2012, end of the world soon.
loosus said:
Because people are not like dogs we can shoot in the streets. There should be a rule of law.
Arrest them, take them through the system. Cops on mass shooting rioters in the street means the rule of law has failed. Cops bringing out guns at this time is just going to increase tensions.
This isn't some dictatorship where the politicians can send in tanks and the cops and kill with impunity.
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Dabanton said:
So one robber breaking into multiple shops one after the other and setting them on fire would warrant having the police shoot him, but many doing the same should only warrant the police to stand in line.
edgefusion
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Ooccoo said:
Pinched a sweet from the pick 'n' mix? Sorry chap it's a face full of lead for you!
Lionheart1827
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Dabanton said:The london one.
Where did he mean?
I actually have no idea, I've never been to the UK.
I guess now that you mention it, maybe she is in Warwickshire, makes sense. Hopefully I'll hear from her tomorrow.
Thanks for the heads up guys.
badcrumble
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i posit that theft doesn't merit the death penalty and that the rule of law is worth preserving
Lionheart1827
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leadbelly said:
Well thank you, that makes perfect sense because she actually mentioned that today when I spoke with her.
Ether_Snake said:
The police have batons and shields most of these dickheads run when the police can be assed to arrive at places getting looted. What madness would be unleashed if they suddenly turned into a death squad.
No Police commander of sane mind is going to allow live rounds to be used on looters.
Make no mistake most of these guys destroying their communities are fucking idiots but shooting them?
Is that the path we want to go down?
0309: More news from Westfield shopping centre: police have erected semi-permanent barricades and deployed armed officers and dogs. What are they expecting there?
0316: Westfield staff member says that police escorted staff out of the building and to the local taxi rank; nobody was allowed to leave alone. Warnings also given out about possible attacks.
0335: BBC staff have apparently been told to avoid Westfield (Shepherds Bush). Seems that police are expecting a concerted attack on the shopping centre, judging by earlier reports of barricades, dogs and armed police being deployed there.
0316: Westfield staff member says that police escorted staff out of the building and to the local taxi rank; nobody was allowed to leave alone. Warnings also given out about possible attacks.
0335: BBC staff have apparently been told to avoid Westfield (Shepherds Bush). Seems that police are expecting a concerted attack on the shopping centre, judging by earlier reports of barricades, dogs and armed police being deployed there.
Aaronology
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That's only because you have an extremely limited perspective. There have always been natural disasters, riots, protests and turmoil somewhere at some point. Imagine how people felt during the height of either of the previous World Wars.ThisWreckage said:
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Chiave said:
Get as much looted goods as possible.
Also the papers tomorrow are reporting that ballistic tests on the bullet found in the police officer's radio was police issue. Duggan didn't fire on police, contrary to what the police said originally.
So that's also going to inflame things around Tottenham again. The Met's reputation was basically in tatters anyway, people don't trust em.
So that's also going to inflame things around Tottenham again. The Met's reputation was basically in tatters anyway, people don't trust em.
Do these people have any manners at all? Did their mommy never tell them it is bad to steal?dreamcastmaster said:
These people truly are sarcomas of society. Like any disease, the best way to eradicate it is to kill it.
yeah, i'm just real pissed off that it appears a large number of people in the city actually think it's OK to run havoc, burn buildings to the ground and loot shops.
Boss Doggie
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Are they confirmed to be all teens?
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
masud said:
I dunno that there are alot of Gaffers that remember the riots of 4/29/92. Or they weren't in the LA area.
I was. It was...well, I hope this doesn't sound superfluous, but the closest I'll ever come to fighting in a war. Being made to hang out on a roof of a Korean market with a rifle, while a bunch of other store owner set up firing positions in the parking lots.
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Ookami-kun said:
I read reports that some men with white vans were getting looters to fill them up with goods. I don't think it was all teens and a lot of it was premeditated.
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
teh_pwn said:
Yeah, but back then there was more of a collective British identity and purpose right? Just like post-war America.
ChiTownBuffalo said:
I don't know to either because I'm an American from the modern world. History gets distorted. I mean America had the McCarthyism, Vietnam, Cold War, and other stuff that I think is worse than "oh, we need to stop going to war all of the time for no reason, bump SS to 70+, increase taxes, but we won't". Certainly living through nightly bombings from Nazi Germany is worse than that.
Or let's even flip sides here. Imagine being a peaceful person starting a family living in Tokyo or Dresden during WWII. That's more like literal hell. Not to mention the concentration camps.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...iv_Bild_183-Z0309-310,_Zerstörtes_Dresden.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tokyo_1945-3-10-1.jpg
ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
teh_pwn said:
Well, I mean postwar, America was like ,"Fuck yeah, we're America? We kicked ass! We can do anything!"
I'm sure Britain had got to be "Fuck yeah, we're Brits! We stood strong while the rest of you pommy bastards rolled over to the Nazi's!"
I think the real irony is that most American World War vets that I have personally ever spoken to never had even a gleam of "America Fuck Yeah!" They are probably the most humble, soft-spoken, and generally nice people I have ever met. In fact, most people in general -- vet or not -- from that era are like that.ChiTownBuffalo said:
The closest to "America Fuck Yeah" I could find from this era are outdated stereotypes of how good American manufacturing is, with something like: "You don't want to buy a Japanese TV. It won't last. American TVs are better." And even then, they usually provide a caveat: "At least, that's how it used to be. Maybe things have changed now."
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