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whats going on?!
Saffy:
We used to be an Empire. So was Rome.
I hear the amazon.co.uk has sold out of baseball bats in last 2 days.
A white guy involved in an incident of running over an ethic minority in (and I quote) "their territory" whilst large numbers of that community where standing around at night with cricket bats and other makeshift weapons would you stop?
V8MoneyPit:
I can see both Boss' and Saffy's side of the debate. However, Saffy, would you be saying this is it was your home or business being looted/torched? Of course people will react with cries of "bring out the rubber bullets". It was my very first reaction on Sunday. It is human nature.
The challenge is finding a balance between suppressing the mindless imbeciles doing the rioting and not moving into a police state. IMHO it's the move away from community that is the root cause. If these people personally knew who they were hurting, they might have less tendency to carry out the act. Certain people no longer have any respect for others or others property. If someone else has something more than they do, it is seen as fair game. This applies right through from petty theft to full on rioting and looting.
lambert:
water cannon with purple dye and cctv. if you were there you will be purple and rounded up over the next few days. if the cctv demonstrates you were there defending rather than attacking you go home, if not you get to go to the antarctic to help reasearch into the effects of extreem temperature exposure on humans.
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: lambert on August 10, 2011, 10:56:47 ---..........if not you get to go to the antarctic to help reasearch into the effects of extreem temperature exposure on humans.
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That would turn them purple for a second time :laugh:
Saffy:
--- Quote from: V8MoneyPit on August 10, 2011, 09:25:35 ---I can see both Boss' and Saffy's side of the debate. However, Saffy, would you be saying this is it was your home or business being looted/torched? Of course people will react with cries of "bring out the rubber bullets". It was my very first reaction on Sunday. It is human nature.
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Don't get me wrong, I am right up there with the fantasy of handcuffing these scumbags to the tow hitch and dragging them around until dead. I am just saying BEWARE of possible Government motives, handling and knee jerk reactions. In the future we as a people may want to be a able to protest against or remove a rogue government outside of the normal democratic route but find we are unable to do so because of detrimental policy changes that could occur now.
At first I really do believe that we will shortly see curfew imposed on the young in the inner city areas.
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