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patentdragonI'm really pleased to see that Londoners have come forward to start to reclaim their streets as "Riotwombles". In almost the same breath, I'm deeply saddened by the pathetic excuses, the apologists crying "unemployment", "lack of social mobility", "the widening gap between rich and poor", and "the police don't care 'cos we is black"...
These are not "protests". This is lawlessness; theft, vandalism and violence, just because there's a good chance they'll get away with a nice big TV, a Blackberry (for organising more crimes), or like one dick posing for the camera, a brace of Macbooks. It's smash and grab, not social justice. Stop painting it as anything other than WHAT IT IS. I suppose the next excuse will be that it's because "the police cancelled the footy" - an England match with Holland later in the week has been cancelled...
And now, right now, Manchester is getting a dose of this...
What do we do about this? Allow the police to do their damn jobs, for a start - and provide ARMY escorts for all ambulances and fire engines, with instructions to open fire if the crews are in any way threatened. "Too extreme?" Tough.
And what the FUCK are "the poor" doing with Blackberries anyway...?
These are not "protests". This is lawlessness; theft, vandalism and violence, just because there's a good chance they'll get away with a nice big TV, a Blackberry (for organising more crimes), or like one dick posing for the camera, a brace of Macbooks. It's smash and grab, not social justice. Stop painting it as anything other than WHAT IT IS. I suppose the next excuse will be that it's because "the police cancelled the footy" - an England match with Holland later in the week has been cancelled...
And now, right now, Manchester is getting a dose of this...
What do we do about this? Allow the police to do their damn jobs, for a start - and provide ARMY escorts for all ambulances and fire engines, with instructions to open fire if the crews are in any way threatened. "Too extreme?" Tough.
And what the FUCK are "the poor" doing with Blackberries anyway...?
