Talk about something the media has been trying to cover up. Unemployed youth are fed up and wrecking the place all over the UK. This has been going on for some time and has been massively supressed along with a lot of other bad news from Europe.This appears to have been shot last night.
from Brendan Bell
Its the Burberry revolution!
Kids just want 40″ 3D plasma TVs.
Shoot one. Problem alleviated.
I thought this started because of a killing by a police officer? Then it just go overboard with the looting and rioting. In any case, I wouldn’t mind joining one here as I’m pretty pissed myself at the government.
As a general rule… if something happens in Britain, then it’s not too far away from happening in the US. We have plenty of angry frustrated (and in many cases, poorly educated) youth in the cities here as well. All it will take to start this here is the right spark.. and off to the races.. =/
The only difference is that the next big staged ‘terror attack’ will be falsely blamed on the Tea-Party. Because that’s how our government rolls.
#9 Drive By Poster
#15 #18 ECA
Excellent points.
Bored, unemployed, frustrated, hormonal.
#23 That’s what started the whole thing in the first place.
This is what a real revolution looks like. A preview of things to come here in the USA.
Hey, this IS happening here in the USA:
http://foxnews.com/us/2011/08/09/philly-announces-youth-curfew-to-combat-violent-flash-mobs/?test=latestnews
Unless you are starving to death being unemployed is no excuse to riot. You know why this crap is going on? Because there isn’t even agreement that rioting is wrong. Always excuses.
Maybe all of you who feel these kids are justified in what they are doing because they don’t have jobs should put your bongs down. Realize that if these stores have to spend a fortune repairing all the damage, that’s so much less money to hire people with.
Not enough police to go around… Could happen anywhere – except where gun control means hitting your target. In the LA riots in the US the rioters descended on Korean neighborhoods, and promptly drove away, because all the store and home owners were on their roofs with long arms (that means rifles and shotguns, for you hippies). Don’t have to fire a shot if they know you mean business in most cases, and when you do have to fire a shot, well, then aren’t you glad you were armed?
#29 Violent flash mob??
I think they stole a concept and are trying to change its meaning.
#30..
I KNOW there problem.
I understand whats happening, but it has NEVER interested me, when they get Violent and start breaking things.
The problem you REALLY have is getting attention. ADULTS and RICH really dont want to hear it.
Another problem comes with the 1 IDIOT that either CAUSES others to join or to have COPS called and a rally broken up because of 1 IDIOT.
TRY getting a license for a FRIENDLY protest…as a kid.
TRY to get them to DO IT TOGETHER..
TRY to get (POLICE/COP related group) the Federals NOT involved and try to break up a REAL PEACEFUL demonstration.
heres the thing – your all talkin out your proverbial asses.
how do i know? because im IN london.
the rioting started 3 days ago, not “some time ago”.
it has nothing to do with unemployed youths, watch or read a news story once in a wehile instead of picking lumps of whatever out of your ass, it started when an innocent young man was shot dead by police (this has happened more and more recently and people are tired of it) a peaceful protest was organised to object to police actions whereupon the police took it upon themselves to beat the living hell out of a 16 year old girl. THAT created the flashpoint and the continuing police overreaction is what is causeing it to continue.
i had a lot more respect for this site previously, silly me, i thought you actually verified your stories but it seems more like youve become a fox news subsidiary. making it up as you go along.
So, there is some “history” to this. Yes–totally uncovered by MSNBC which is my primary source. They are all about the S&P credit lowering and the Wisconsin Recall vote. Both good subjects that curtail greatly with this subject.
RIGHT NOW: I’m watching the History Channel and the French Revolution. Parallels there too. While we all know the rough outlines of this world changing event, here is a factoid I find fascinating: prior to the storming of the Bastille to get gun powder to load muskets, the people were being highly taxed to support the King WHILE THE RICH WERE NOT TAXED AT ALL. That seems to have been noticed by the 97% of “the people” comprising the third estate while Aristocrats and Clergy made up the first two estates. ((Everyone recalls the Fourth Estate right?)) This seems exaggerated but it was said that the cost of a loaf of bread rose to a months earnings for those that had a living. Thats does seem a bit high but cause enough for a revolution if 12 miles away in Versailles they are eating Lark’s Tongue?
Is Wealth Disparity only a question of relative difference or does revolution arise only by absolutes? IE–the difference between a a 65 inch flat screen in every room vs only a 32 inch in the living room will not cause a revolution BUT losing Medicare and Soc Sec will?
How short sighted can the rich, and their lackeys, be? Taking everything leaving an absolute poverty certainly should not be the goal of the Puke Party===yet that very goal appears to be sought.
Do we learn from history? ….. No.
Ha ha, I live in the Philadelphia metro area so I’m getting a kick out of the flash mob analogy. Seriously, though, I read about the London riots in my hometown paper, the Philadelphia paper, saw it on local and national news, and on my homepage when I turned my computer on. Hardly a cover-up.
“Unless you are starving to death being unemployed is no excuse to riot.”
Yeah, right.
# 32 rev:
“…it started when an innocent young man was shot dead by police …”
Haven’t been able to find any details about this incident — the one news story I’ve seen that mentioned it said the decedent was not the subject of the police action, but no one seems to know what exactly happened except the cops, and they’re not talking.
32..
Iv read a few of those..
and was wondering about this post.
AND NO, the USA gets very little responsible International news.
I think you’re all being mean to these poor humble protesting kids.. they were just mourning the loss of one of their own by accepting free gifts provided by the generous local businesses when they suddenly vacated their premises for some reason.
Still, baseball seems to be becoming popular http://t.co/Suko0Qb , I’m sure that’ll keep the kids out of trouble.
You can help identify the rioters by responding with your helpful ID’s here:
http://gizmodo.com/5829011/can-you-identify-any-of-the-london-rioters
Charlie, you’re assuming that rioters are buying the baseball bats?