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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
This is a strange event...there has been legitimate protests occuring in England in the past year or two.
Maybe this event will be used by their government to install a more intense police presence moving forward, and limit future protest of any kind. Hopefully not......
It seems this is just out of control looting, maybe just as a result of economic frustration and mob mentality. I think this is far beyond the shooting incident that supposedly sparked this, and obviously there are racial undertones among the economically distressed as well....
Unfortunately, I think this is what happens when you have a nanny/welfare state in control for so long, as others have said. What a broken society.....I just talked to a couple who came here from England 3 months ago and they filled my ear about the banks, taxation, immigration etc.......I didn't think it was that bad.
It's too bad England shop/home owners don't have a 2nd amendment to protect themselves with. Some of these thugs should be eating lead to curb the looting.......meanwhile the police are just standing by, totally overwhelmed and doing nothing to help the people.
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Mikey on to something?!
In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media ban
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British PM David Cameron says "free flow of information" can be "used for ill"
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In other news, Mubarak throws his hands up in relief, and screams "finally, they get what I've been saying all along!"
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Cameron said that government officials are working with authorities "to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality."
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"Free speech is central to our democracy, but so is public safety and security," said Ivan Lewis, the shadow secretary of culture in the House of Commons, according to London's Guardian newspaper. "We support the government's decision to undertake a review of whether measures are necessary to prevent the abuse of social media by those who organize and participate in criminal activities."
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Weren't we just praising social media a few months ago? Oh, how the tables have turned.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social....html?hpt=hp_c2