British Riots Rage; Authorities At A Loss+

Did they ever.

Derp.

Harley Quinn hyenaholic wrote:

Hey, I admit to temptation. I didn't give in to temptation.

Everybody gets tempted. The question is whether we give in to our temptations... these rioters and looters gave in.

You realize that this is exactly the type of black and white moralistic thinking that helped give rise to these riots in the first place, right? But if believing that these rioters are simply Bad People helps you sleep at night, whatever...

Quote :

In one NBC report, a young man in Tottenham was asked if rioting really achieved anything:

"Yes," said the young man. "You wouldn't be talking to me now if we didn't riot, would you?"


"Two
months ago we marched to Scotland Yard, more than 2,000 of us, all
blacks, and it was peaceful and calm and you know what? Not a word in
the press. Last night a bit of rioting and looting and look around you."

...Riots are about power, and they are about catharsis. They are not about
poor parenting, or youth services being cut, or any of the other snap
explanations that media pundits have been trotting out: structural
inequalities, as a friend of mine remarked today, are not solved by a
few pool tables. People riot because it makes them feel powerful, even
if only for a night. People riot because they have spent their whole
lives being told that they are good for nothing, and they realise that
together they can do anything – literally, anything at all. People to
whom respect has never been shown riot because they feel they have
little reason to show respect themselves...

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