Just was thinking of blogging something about the current troubles in England with the riots and violence that have been outbreaking all over the country. It seems all quite bizzare to me how one man's death would spark so much trouble, and it also shows the sheer ignorance of the people in that country that feel they want to jump on the same bandwagon, not because they want to support any protest, its just to see how much chaos they can cause and how much they can steal.
In a way it definitely mirrors the Los Angeles riots back in the early riots when Rodney King was assaulted by several policemen, after which the police officers acquittal in court caused chaos out on the streets. With the London riots it definitely gave the gangs and criminals and any other scumbags out there a licence to steal and burn stores and homes down. But when it spills out onto streets and affects peoples livelihoods it just frankly isn't on at all, why should innocent people suffer at the hands of some ignorant pricks who just want to wreak havoc???? But one man's death and a protest against it definitely gives enough cause for louts to get what they want and cause trouble. But the extent to which the riots spread starting with Tottenham in London, onto Croydon, then onto Brimingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester and various other locations in the country seems totally unreal.
However I do think the riots were certainly motivated by more than just Mark Duggan's death, I think that was used to ignite the flames so to speak, in the past as the government have made cuts to student's loans, this also caused riots and choas, and there is no such thing as a peaceful protest anyway as you are bound to get a few trouble makers along the way! So England already was in turmoil before this in different ways, the Tory government certainly haven't helped with various cuts in budget, people's pensions, livelihoods, homes etc.
There was of course a comment on Facebook as well from one person who said lets start a riot in Glasgow, which thankfully whoever wrote that has since been arrested, the good thing about Glasgow is even if they tried to instigate a riot here and start fires the rain would put it out! But I am definitely glad that I do not live in England, and its a great shame for the decent folk that live there that have to endure such ignorant, violent and pointless behaviour. David Cameron also stated that potential measures that should be taken is that for one criminals who have been convicted should be banned from using social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter, as they could be used to plan riots and violence. This is in itself hardly practical, one way or another criminals will be able to get a hold of a mobile phone and use it to tweet or post an entry of Facebook whether David Cameron wishes it or not (or definitely not). Another one of the other measures he stated was one of the very rare things I totally agree with him on, is that criminals that have been convicted of taking part in the riots should have their benefits removed. While it may seem like a fiscal corporal punishment, if these people destroy other peoples livelihoods they do not deserve any money at all, in fact they should have someone follow them home and burn their house down and see how they like it!!
Anyhow that's my thoughts on the matter, I hope for the good people that live in England that things get better, but as the saying goes "it'll get worse before it get's better", let's hope not too worse.
OK, the end.
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