And the fact that the shop keepers of the UK can’t own guns bolsters the looters nerve. Firing a blank at the crowd would send most of the running. Shooting one or two would probably stop the whole thing.
Guilt over colonialism, guilt over Bloody Sunday and Northern Ireland, guilt over Western imperialism and war. If they could field just a single regiment of pre-guilt British redcoats armed with flintlocks they would sweep the streets clean of this rabble. But that would make them feel guilty.
As Rome was sacked by the Vandals, so London is sacked by the Chavs.
How can any government that prosecutes people for self-defense be considered civilized? All that does is empower the thug at the expense of the victim.
Der Schtumpy, since their shopkeepers are unarmed, I have a suggestion. We send Playboy’s Miss July 2010, who just got arrested and released for packing a .45 at the airport. She has a CCW permit, and I think one armed American pin-up girl might be enough to turn the tide of anarchy and save British civilization. After all, they gave us the Magna Carta and Monty Python. It’s the least we can do in return.
Really, I can’t keep up. It’s just not funny anymore, if ever it was. This is like when LA burned, if not worse — sure, it’ll “go away”, but that just means it’s in remission.
How can any government that prosecutes people for self-defense be considered civilized?
Damn good question.
I attribute the whole thing to the fact that they say “maths,” and get away with it…
Wow. It’s just a sad state of affairs for great people to be in this situation. You’re right Titus, the humor in this is hard to find, as that poor kid is getting more than humiliation. I can’t bare to look at the picture, precisely because I know someone was sitting behind a monitor, probably watching the event live, and couldn’t do a thing to stop it from happening. This is happening at night either but with plenty of daylight.
What makes it worse is the significant probability that London will not learn the lessons it needs to from this.
There were many shops in fact whole parts of town that were completely avoided by the looters. Organized crime is now the role model for the British government on how to create order and a peaceful society. I shutter.
l’m a seventh generation Londoner and I am coming to the conclusion that living in London is becoming a nightmare I dont want to be part of.
The UK Government are a bunch of ineffective public school boys who dont know what to do when the real world comes knocking on their door, as it is at the moment, they just spout endless rhetoric rather than dealing with the problem.
These rioters are criminals and should be treated as such. When there is no consequence for breaking the law its hard to see why a criminal would not break it.
I would suggest that these thugs be made to wear pink coveralls and be made to clear up the mess they have made, perhaps embarrassment and denting their street cred may work where the courts and police so obviously do not.
MfK, and Americans say “Legos”.
Or, as I was shocked to discover last time I was at Subway in the US: “cucumbers”, to refer to sliced cucumber. This makes as much sense as referring to the contents of an hour glass as “sands”. It’s a mass noun.. it’s already as plural as it is going to get.
Trent, in both the Lego and cucumber instances the plural is clearly in reference to the pieces — “Legos” implies Lego blocks and “cucumbers” implies cucumber slices.
And the fact that the shop keepers of the UK can’t own guns bolsters the looters nerve. Firing a blank at the crowd would send most of the running. Shooting one or two would probably stop the whole thing.
Guilt over colonialism, guilt over Bloody Sunday and Northern Ireland, guilt over Western imperialism and war. If they could field just a single regiment of pre-guilt British redcoats armed with flintlocks they would sweep the streets clean of this rabble. But that would make them feel guilty.
As Rome was sacked by the Vandals, so London is sacked by the Chavs.
How can any government that prosecutes people for self-defense be considered civilized? All that does is empower the thug at the expense of the victim.
Der Schtumpy, since their shopkeepers are unarmed, I have a suggestion. We send Playboy’s Miss July 2010, who just got arrested and released for packing a .45 at the airport. She has a CCW permit, and I think one armed American pin-up girl might be enough to turn the tide of anarchy and save British civilization. After all, they gave us the Magna Carta and Monty Python. It’s the least we can do in return.
Really, I can’t keep up. It’s just not funny anymore, if ever it was. This is like when LA burned, if not worse — sure, it’ll “go away”, but that just means it’s in remission.
Damn good question.
I attribute the whole thing to the fact that they say “maths,” and get away with it…
Wow. It’s just a sad state of affairs for great people to be in this situation. You’re right Titus, the humor in this is hard to find, as that poor kid is getting more than humiliation. I can’t bare to look at the picture, precisely because I know someone was sitting behind a monitor, probably watching the event live, and couldn’t do a thing to stop it from happening. This is happening at night either but with plenty of daylight.
What makes it worse is the significant probability that London will not learn the lessons it needs to from this.
There were many shops in fact whole parts of town that were completely avoided by the looters. Organized crime is now the role model for the British government on how to create order and a peaceful society. I shutter.
l’m a seventh generation Londoner and I am coming to the conclusion that living in London is becoming a nightmare I dont want to be part of.
The UK Government are a bunch of ineffective public school boys who dont know what to do when the real world comes knocking on their door, as it is at the moment, they just spout endless rhetoric rather than dealing with the problem.
These rioters are criminals and should be treated as such. When there is no consequence for breaking the law its hard to see why a criminal would not break it.
I would suggest that these thugs be made to wear pink coveralls and be made to clear up the mess they have made, perhaps embarrassment and denting their street cred may work where the courts and police so obviously do not.
MfK, and Americans say “Legos”.
Or, as I was shocked to discover last time I was at Subway in the US: “cucumbers”, to refer to sliced cucumber. This makes as much sense as referring to the contents of an hour glass as “sands”. It’s a mass noun.. it’s already as plural as it is going to get.
Trent, in both the Lego and cucumber instances the plural is clearly in reference to the pieces — “Legos” implies Lego blocks and “cucumbers” implies cucumber slices.
What subordinate units are implied in “maths?”