You seem to have missed the point somewhere in my clever web of sarcasm.

 

I believe that we humans, being imaginative and communicative creatures, are perfectly capable of understanding, as far as one can do so, the experiences of others with just a little effort, empathy and compassion.

 

I've also said several times that I'm sure the majority of rioters are in it 'for the laughs' as you put it, but this is beside the point. If people feel so disconnected from and disaffected with their society/community that they can behave like this then there's a problem... is all I'm saying.

see, I see that as part of the overall problem

we should all have insurance, but quite often when you need it you find it's not valid for whatever has happened

so I sit thinking "the man" screwed me again

I am a quiet, overweight, middle-aged man living in a very rural out-of-the-way place and I feel that most of those deemed to be in authority in some way have and continue to screw me over on a regular basis

banks - PITA
government - PITA
council - PITA
police - PITA

etc ~ so I can only begin to imagine how people in the cities who are affected by all that much more often and on a larger scale than me must feel

Not according to Serg you can't.

I was being a hypothetical cunt, don't actually label me as one.

I agree with what you say here, and thank you for summarising your argument to something that my attention span can deal with.
You're damned right there's a problem, but I think that the problem lies in society as a whole. Parents who don't give a shit, lack of respect for others, booze mentality; the fabric of civilised society is torn. And none of this discourse will make the slightest difference.

Aye, I agree.

I think talking about it is a part of the process of it gradually changing (I don't mean we affect change by talking about it, obviously, just that us talking about it reflects the beginnings of a gradual change). Anyway, it's either this or phones and I'd rather talk about this.

That makes absolutely no sense (hug)

there's also the parents who do give a shit but whose kids won't accept their control. Plenty of interviews like that going on lately.

OH NO, not water! Anything but that!

We're not fat like you Americans, a decent quality water pistol can break us in half :C

The stand-in chief commissioner of the london her majesty's police of great britain metropolitan force (or whatever) was talking earlier and said (I paraphrase) "We're going to arrest absolutely everyone who was involved with the rioting".

They're going to need a lot of cells (nod)

I wish I was fat :C

Yes they sure are!

I like this quote:

Man, if only we had someone like that here.

I'm such a fucking gobshite.

Just like those blacks. What exactly is wrong with the back of the bus? :C

And you're a fat fucking yankee cunt.

I prefer the back of the bus! OMG I'm a negro!

Is yankee a term you use for Americans? Or is it just a North vs South thing here?

Yeah, all Americans are Yanks. Or, more often, 'dumb yanks'.

Do you really call us limeys? I like that, it's such a pretty word.

I've never hear limey until I started hanging out here.

I'm a fat dumb cunt. I like it!

It's easy to blame left or right for this. But the fact is that there is a large section of the UK that is marginalised, disenfranchised, disaffected, do not feel a part of a community, do not feel like they have any control over their destiny, and do not feel like they will ever amount to anything, all despite living in one of the wealthiest nations on Earth. And it doesn't solve anything to just say "well I came up from a council estate and look at me."

 

They aren't mindless, they are exerting their influence. And as it became clear that it was possible to do so with impunity, it is barely surprising it spread.

 

I'm not condoning looting, but I can understand where it comes from. Burning peoples houses and businesses - the niihlism - is a much more scary idea. I was talking to mates who live just a couple of hundred yards from Reeves Corner while it was up in flames and they were $hitting themselves - there was no justification for that.

I think you're spot on, but the idiotic comments seem to get more attention - like this halfwit ~



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