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i freaked out when i heard about that Yunalesca Send a noteboard - 08/08/2011 02:09:10 PM
I don't know how much coverage it has had abroad but London's had rioting and looting the over the last two nights in some areas of the city. All very ugly and it is looking like no one is going to come out of this looking good.


i live nearish Tottenham and i'm still trying to get my head around what happened. when did my fellow Londoners get so violent and loot happy?

just looked at the liveblog, the looting is now one town away from me. *staying indoors*
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London snoopcester - 08/08/2011 12:08:35 PM 2011 Views
i freaked out when i heard about that Yunalesca - 08/08/2011 02:09:10 PM 1238 Views
Re: i freaked out when i heard about that snoopcester - 08/08/2011 02:47:16 PM 1082 Views
It's pretty scary. Rebekah - 08/08/2011 02:19:51 PM 1106 Views
I found it somewhat last night, having a sister who lives in Brixton snoopcester - 08/08/2011 02:50:57 PM 1123 Views
I'm sure the media will manage to blame the police somehow Wibble - 08/08/2011 03:11:40 PM 1030 Views
I've been following the story. Spriteling - 08/08/2011 03:26:51 PM 1074 Views
I cannot quite make out what is going on Camilla - 08/08/2011 03:27:57 PM 1233 Views
No, that's about it as far as we know Wibble - 08/08/2011 03:40:15 PM 1261 Views
Re: I cannot quite make out what is going on snoopcester - 08/08/2011 03:40:21 PM 1124 Views
Continue to use live ammunition until no one is protesting. *NM* Tom - 08/08/2011 03:53:50 PM 612 Views
Sounds good to me *NM* Wibble - 08/08/2011 04:06:04 PM 594 Views
Okay, bored of these riots now, time for the police to follow 10CCs example... Wibble - 08/08/2011 09:28:36 PM 1165 Views
Given what has been reported snoopcester - 08/08/2011 04:07:13 PM 1189 Views
So, did the original suspect have a gun/fire bullets? beetnemesis - 09/08/2011 04:19:16 PM 1165 Views
Had a gun, didn't fire snoopcester - 09/08/2011 06:51:54 PM 1101 Views
Not actually true Wibble - 09/08/2011 07:01:33 PM 1075 Views
Seems it isn't exactly but I'm not sure your reply is 100% true either snoopcester - 09/08/2011 07:27:00 PM 1177 Views
Now that's a good point Wibble - 09/08/2011 07:45:26 PM 1138 Views
I think with both they're putting disclaimers in snoopcester - 09/08/2011 08:56:17 PM 1177 Views
There's no evidence he didn't fire? Imagine that. Joel - 09/08/2011 11:22:05 PM 1078 Views
He's saying the evidence available is inconclusive either way. Rebekah - 09/08/2011 11:37:06 PM 1147 Views
Fair enough. Joel - 09/08/2011 11:56:16 PM 1206 Views
There are various proofs snoopcester - 10/08/2011 12:06:41 AM 1092 Views
True, but if tests are inconclusive rather than merely incomplete those proofs may not be available. Joel - 10/08/2011 12:47:34 AM 1118 Views
Bullshit Wibble - 10/08/2011 01:12:46 AM 983 Views
If that's the case it's hard to say they overreacted. Joel - 10/08/2011 01:22:45 AM 986 Views
I do see why it matters if he fired or not random thoughts - 10/08/2011 12:46:12 AM 1044 Views
Again, I don't know the British standard, so I can only guess how it works. Joel - 10/08/2011 12:54:20 AM 1128 Views
Though if he had a gun, in a sock, not drawn... beetnemesis - 10/08/2011 01:50:05 AM 1088 Views
sadly the rioters didn't wait for facts random thoughts - 10/08/2011 02:56:46 AM 1223 Views
They've announced that the "unknown" gun was never fired beetnemesis - 10/08/2011 02:04:26 PM 1077 Views
So? Are the police supposed to let him get the first shot? *NM* random thoughts - 10/08/2011 03:15:59 PM 617 Views
...said Gaddafi. *NM* Tim - 10/08/2011 12:11:31 AM 591 Views
And?... *NM* Wibble - 10/08/2011 12:17:51 AM 571 Views
And we just went to war with him because he was shooting people in the street. Tim - 10/08/2011 09:56:07 AM 1118 Views
Last time I checked, you guys have a vote. First past the post, sure, but it's still a vote. Tom - 10/08/2011 04:33:07 AM 1061 Views
Is there any other country that has a death penalty for children caught stealing? *NM* Tim - 10/08/2011 10:02:56 AM 617 Views
Maybe not, but we can hope there is... *NM* Tom - 10/08/2011 02:04:38 PM 556 Views
You can hope there is. Tim - 10/08/2011 02:21:17 PM 1078 Views
...you guys need a poster named Tam, and a sitcom, stat. *NM* beetnemesis - 10/08/2011 05:11:57 PM 605 Views
+1 Yunalesca - 10/08/2011 05:17:22 PM 1093 Views
Wibble is called Tam (Scots) or Tom (English), and used to go by dragon_tam. Tim - 10/08/2011 05:27:16 PM 1187 Views
LMAO *NM* Aisha - 10/08/2011 06:22:11 PM 617 Views
If you want to talk statistics... Tom - 13/08/2011 08:26:39 PM 1037 Views
So the death penalty is a deterrent for the crimes it doesn't apply to, but not for those it does? Tim - 14/08/2011 10:58:14 AM 1228 Views
No, that wasn't my point. Tom - 14/08/2011 09:39:14 PM 1198 Views
light yagami felt the same way Yunalesca - 14/08/2011 01:20:02 PM 1223 Views
Please speak English. *NM* Tom - 14/08/2011 09:39:46 PM 600 Views
They think they have a good reason for what they're doing snoopcester - 10/08/2011 11:48:52 AM 1037 Views
If they react even more indignantly to a harsh crackdown, maybe they do. Tom - 10/08/2011 02:06:04 PM 964 Views
Oh? snoopcester - 10/08/2011 04:05:55 PM 1147 Views
This is the first I've heard of it; here's hoping and praying the damage is restricted to property Joel - 08/08/2011 06:59:06 PM 1136 Views
I am sure dart_board - 09/08/2011 06:34:40 PM 1130 Views
I don't recall mentioning any of those groups in connection with this. Joel - 09/08/2011 07:29:01 PM 1039 Views
You will. *NM* dart_board - 10/08/2011 12:14:22 AM 585 Views
I've had plenty of opportunites and still didn't, even when rt practically teed one up for me. Joel - 10/08/2011 12:25:09 AM 1085 Views
This is utterly awful. Rebekah - 08/08/2011 09:41:46 PM 1189 Views
Yeah - it has massively spread today. Just saw footage of youths looting a Sainburys in Birmingham snoopcester - 08/08/2011 09:52:32 PM 1113 Views
And if they had got the army out Wibble - 08/08/2011 09:57:40 PM 1096 Views
That's true. Rebekah - 08/08/2011 10:03:03 PM 1079 Views
pfft Yunalesca - 08/08/2011 10:23:37 PM 1050 Views
I think the vast majority of people would be just fine with it snoopcester - 08/08/2011 10:08:34 PM 1243 Views
They call it "martial law" for a reason. Joel - 09/08/2011 02:30:40 AM 1088 Views
Might work in the US snoopcester - 09/08/2011 02:13:50 PM 1121 Views
When most of the looters are kids I can see how that would be problematic. Joel - 09/08/2011 05:18:09 PM 1101 Views
Joel I don't believe any looters were shot in the Rodney King riots random thoughts - 09/08/2011 05:41:44 PM 1079 Views
Police were, from what I understand, hard to find during those riots. Joel - 09/08/2011 05:51:11 PM 1080 Views
I am just questioning the logic of the debate taking place here random thoughts - 09/08/2011 06:33:11 PM 1036 Views
Your notoriously faulty memory is by far the lesser problem here. Joel - 09/08/2011 07:14:07 PM 1339 Views
That article supports my argument random thoughts - 09/08/2011 08:55:15 PM 1003 Views
OK I blame the site for this random double post. I hit submit once. random thoughts - 09/08/2011 08:55:17 PM 1046 Views
I can't really argue with anything you've said here, so I won't try. Joel - 09/08/2011 11:11:17 PM 1187 Views
so now you are comparing the rioters to the Tea Party? I guess dartboard was almost right random thoughts - 10/08/2011 12:51:46 AM 1136 Views
I'm comparing alienation to alienation and noting that it's pervasive. Joel - 10/08/2011 01:19:49 AM 1180 Views
and I am saying you have no idea who the tea party is random thoughts - 10/08/2011 03:06:15 AM 1062 Views
I guess I should've used the Progressive Caucus instead. Joel - 10/08/2011 04:25:30 PM 1139 Views
Seriously, is it mostly kids? nossy - 08/08/2011 10:08:00 PM 1027 Views
They don't have parents Wibble - 08/08/2011 10:10:07 PM 1223 Views
A hell of a lot seem to be snoopcester - 08/08/2011 10:12:21 PM 1090 Views
I'd be tempted to go down there with a cattle prod. nossy - 08/08/2011 10:14:14 PM 1155 Views
I think there might be too many of them snoopcester - 08/08/2011 10:23:05 PM 1074 Views
If that link still isn't working, try here snoopcester - 08/08/2011 10:29:19 PM 1034 Views
I know that if I had ever participated in anything like that, my mother would have kicked my ass. Avendesora - 09/08/2011 08:48:09 PM 1200 Views
its getting absolutely mental Yunalesca - 08/08/2011 10:21:32 PM 1075 Views
Congratulations Ken Livingstone Wibble - 08/08/2011 11:44:29 PM 1112 Views
Agree on the first part snoopcester - 09/08/2011 01:05:01 PM 1121 Views
Um... This is the first I've read / heard about it Two Wongs - 09/08/2011 03:43:02 AM 1041 Views
Looks a bit like a post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie Sports_Gambler - 09/08/2011 06:38:59 AM 1122 Views
Apparently that's a surprisingly common error. Joel - 09/08/2011 12:34:30 PM 1136 Views
Horrible Mark - 09/08/2011 11:18:21 AM 996 Views
Yes snoopcester - 09/08/2011 12:55:00 PM 1180 Views
Tumblr blog where ppl are submitting pictures of the looters Two Wongs - 09/08/2011 12:49:39 PM 1044 Views
People have set up the same thing on Facebook and flickr as well snoopcester - 09/08/2011 01:23:42 PM 1102 Views
... Two Wongs - 09/08/2011 04:12:55 PM 1085 Views
Before and after pictures of buildings/businesses from BBC Fox and Ravens - 09/08/2011 02:12:24 PM 1240 Views
Holy crap, what is wrong with those people?? ironclad - 09/08/2011 02:23:39 PM 1056 Views
how does 'they are brainless idiots' grab you? *NM* Yunalesca - 09/08/2011 05:03:51 PM 519 Views
What's with that last picture set? Nate - 09/08/2011 04:39:53 PM 1102 Views
Never figured the Iranian government for having much of a sense of hunour, snoopcester - 09/08/2011 02:26:01 PM 1164 Views
The hypocricy there is mind-boggling. *NM* Macharius - 09/08/2011 05:03:28 PM 539 Views
I imagine that's the point. Nate - 09/08/2011 05:33:09 PM 1230 Views
That was my take on it as well snoopcester - 09/08/2011 07:03:51 PM 1142 Views
Re: That was my take on it as well Camilla - 11/08/2011 11:32:12 AM 1183 Views
*sprays water over laptop screen* Yunalesca - 09/08/2011 05:07:07 PM 1086 Views
lol wow...that was a bit much *NM* Aisha - 09/08/2011 05:26:33 PM 527 Views
To be fair Sidious - 09/08/2011 06:24:58 PM 1490 Views
You make a fair point. snoopcester - 09/08/2011 07:05:26 PM 1026 Views
Send in the army! Two Wongs - 09/08/2011 11:37:15 PM 1006 Views
That is just lovely. *NM* Camilla - 11/08/2011 11:27:34 AM 545 Views
Remember you're a womble! Zeeb - 09/08/2011 06:49:52 PM 1094 Views
Yes snoopcester - 09/08/2011 07:09:35 PM 1138 Views
Re: Yes Zeeb - 09/08/2011 07:32:18 PM 1088 Views
i can see the smoke from the sony factory fire out of my bedroom window Yunalesca - 09/08/2011 07:21:08 PM 1117 Views
This is all quite... surreal. It's hard to believe. Avendesora - 09/08/2011 08:54:57 PM 1050 Views
The surreal thing is London is still full of tourists who seem to not have a care in the world snoopcester - 09/08/2011 09:03:11 PM 1047 Views
Well, it's not really anti-foreigner sentiment, is it? beetnemesis - 10/08/2011 01:57:55 AM 1128 Views
Not yet but then it isn't pro either snoopcester - 10/08/2011 10:25:13 AM 1115 Views
She has a grandson to meet for the first time, then she's off traveling with a friend. Avendesora - 10/08/2011 03:27:37 AM 1121 Views
Well to clarify, it isn't that I think it is very unsafe just not a good time to go somewhere snoopcester - 10/08/2011 10:19:03 AM 1023 Views
I'm flying to the midlands tomorrow. Helene - 10/08/2011 07:35:28 AM 1082 Views
It seems to be only happening in the evenings and at night. Tim - 10/08/2011 10:59:55 AM 1010 Views
I have been keeping an eye on it; we have friends in Highbury Druid - 10/08/2011 05:07:16 AM 1195 Views
Re: I have been keeping an eye on it; we have friends in Highbury snoopcester - 10/08/2011 10:47:46 AM 1192 Views
Oi!!! Druid - 11/08/2011 04:40:04 AM 1257 Views
Aussie, Aussie? snoopcester - 11/08/2011 11:50:47 AM 1181 Views
I saw Nick Griffin's twitter last night Stephen - 10/08/2011 12:23:01 PM 1051 Views
Yeah, I saw he had been. He's a great little scum bag snoopcester - 10/08/2011 12:47:34 PM 1158 Views
*dual facepalm* Yunalesca - 10/08/2011 02:45:03 PM 1109 Views
Effing EDL snoopcester - 10/08/2011 09:28:41 PM 1157 Views
I liked this blog Camilla - 11/08/2011 11:29:42 AM 1071 Views
Quite good snoopcester - 12/08/2011 02:57:35 PM 1132 Views
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