London Riots

[ThomasMitchell]

Another Theatre of idiots on the tv last night. Non stop trouble all over with many being interviewed condeming it but some others were asked why. "well its the Government innit they are forgetting about us"
Really, turn on the Tv pal thats just arrived at your flat and see whats happening around the globe... A FOOKING RECESSION.
So you and your new Mensa mates are taking more resources out of your town to rebuild it.
Knobheads

Totally! We won't everything handed to us, even though the country is broke.

[Dan_85]

Love the "if the police can handle tens of thousands of football fans why can't they control the rioters" comments from morons on my facebook. Yes, because of course all football fans are mindless thugs & criminals...

[RaM]

I thought all of England's convicts had been sent to Australia a long time ago.

If you expect to send another boatload out I'm sure we'd be more than happy to build some more refugee detention centres in the desert.

[safcftm]

Another Theatre of idiots on the tv last night. Non stop trouble all over with many being interviewed condeming it but some others were asked why. "well its the Government innit they are forgetting about us"
Really, turn on the Tv pal thats just arrived at your flat and see whats happening around the globe... A FOOKING RECESSION.
So you and your new Mensa mates are taking more resources out of your town to rebuild it.
Knobheads

Spot on- these people aren't protesting about anything and its about time the media stopped portraying it as some kind of demonstration. It is just a load of scummers going around robbing things and damaging buildings, there's no protest there. By the time everything is sorted it will probably cost the economy 100m or more, so no one who is out there damaging things can genuinely complain about economic cuts etc, these pricks are costing us shit loads and putting all of our insurance premiums up. Its got beyond a joke and it is genuinely time for the army to get involved, bring some rubber bullets and knock some sense into these little arseholes, most countries in the world wouldn't stand for this kind of crap

By the way, since this is such a big topic (and although not technically Arsenal related it will be affecting a lot of gooners in the area), it'd be canny to see it back on the main page to get more peoples opinions, although i can understand why it was basemented.

[ThomasMitchell]

Man Helped and Then Robbed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNh-fTv1Gm8

London Riots 2011 / Ground Footage of Rioting & Looting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx-OGUWN_Zo

Sickening!

[12thGooner]

its indicative of society when shit like this happens. The people are from the poorest parts of london,they have the worst eduction, local health care and are pretty much forgotten by society, government take and take then make us pay for it.
they see one protest turn bad and use it as an excuse to vent, thats all thats happening. Yeah they're pissed of kids out to trash stuff, but there is a reason they are pissed off that needs to be addressed.
there is no way the army should be called in. there is no privilege for marshal law in the this country and it should stay that way,.

[worthing_gooner]

its indicative of society when shit like this happens. The people are from the poorest parts of london,they have the worst eduction, local health care and are pretty much forgotten by society, government take and take then make us pay for it.
they see one protest turn bad and use it as an excuse to vent, thats all thats happening. Yeah they're pissed of kids out to trash stuff, but there is a reason they are pissed off that needs to be addressed.
there is no way the army should be called in. there is no privilege for marshal law in the this country and it should stay that way,.

That's the biggest load of crap on this thread so far. "people from the poorest parts of london"... have you seen the rents on houses in Brixton and Camden and Ealing? I wish I could afford to live there... oh, I forgot, they're on benefits sponging off people like me who work hard for a meagre living.

"there is a reason they're pissed off"... How can you even suggest that these kids are out on any kind of political agenda whatsoever? I would stake my entire year salary that half these scumbags couldn't even name a politician.

These kids have absolutely zero respect for their society, other people, their teachers, others' possessions. They go out and mug and stab and shoot and rob and damage and they sit indoors all day and sponge of the state instead of trying to get jobs like decent people and working for their living instead of just stealing other peoples' hard earned.

And then they have the bare faced cheek to come out and start smashing up and burning other businesses and houses and people's cars. This is not a fight against police, it's a fight against their own community, their own streets.

For years now youths in this country have got away with murder. Sentences are getting weaker and weaker. I was mugged at knife point by a thug when I used to live in Lewisham. The guy was caught, and you know what he got? 30 days community fucking service! There is absolutely zero deterrant in place and the kids know this and exploit it at every opportunity.

I respect your right to an opinion mate but in my opinion that post is horseshit.

[safcftm]

its indicative of society when shit like this happens. The people are from the poorest parts of london,they have the worst eduction, local health care and are pretty much forgotten by society, government take and take then make us pay for it.
they see one protest turn bad and use it as an excuse to vent, thats all thats happening. Yeah they're pissed of kids out to trash stuff, but there is a reason they are pissed off that needs to be addressed.
there is no way the army should be called in. there is no privilege for marshal law in the this country and it should stay that way,.

What are these little *word censored* "pissed off" about like? For every one that is genuinely on the streets as a protest, there are at least another 20 who just see it as a chance to run around and act like the scummy little *word censored* that they are.

You know what the trouble with this country is? Too many people expecting the country to give them everything they want on a fucking plate. People who are pissed off because they feel "forgotten about". I know plenty of people from underpriviliged backgrounds (seeing as how I know a lot of lads in the north east where mining and shipbuilding was the main industries and they were taken away) and plenty of them have done something many of these little *word censored* wouldn't even consider- they haven't gone around looting, they haven't gone around burning down buildings, they have worked hard and tried to better themselves. "The government has forgotten us" is a fucking easy excuse for being a dole-walling scumbag of no use to anyone- look at these little wankers running around looting and burning down buildings, no wonder they've been forgotten about they are fucking useless scum, if I had my way I'd stick the little *word censored* in a massive bag and drown them like a litter of unwanted kittens, they will never contribute anything positive to our society, they are nothing but a drain on it and should be fucking sterilised.

Instead of running around being a *word censored*, maybe these wankers should study, work hard, take advantage of the many opportunities that people in this country have where we are guaranteed free education, have free employment advice, job centres etc. Get off your lazy fucking arses and contribute to society rather than sitting around feeling sorry for yourselves because a global recession has led to there being less jobs around to pretend to be interested in when meeting the job centre advisor for your weekly cigarette money.

Fucking sick of these *word censored* and their fucking excuses. Very few other countries would put up with this shit. If the useless wanker section of society want to run around like *word censored* for a night, then the next day they are told to stop it- if they do it again then they should be battered to fuck, shot with rubber bullets, generally made to realise that the decent people of this country won't tolerate useless, sponging, thick as fuck *word censored* "rioting".

Rant over

[Chips and Chocolate]

If this is a case of inner-city deprivation and being pissed off about the class divide why don't they go and destroy Knightsbridge etc and shit on the upper class doorstep instead?
Because to me it looks like they are just looting for the sake of it and are acting like scum, causing major damage to their local communities!

[1989]

What a bunch of *word censored*. Bring the army in now.

[safcftm]

What a bunch of c**ts. Bring the army in now.

exactly- tell you what, fire some fucking rubber bullets at these scum, smash a couple of them about whilst the cops turn a blind eye, leave some of them bleeding in the streets with fractured skulls, the rest of them will sharp fuck off home to mummy, this country's gone soft

[RoscommonGooner]

its indicative of society when shit like this happens. The people are from the poorest parts of london,they have the worst eduction, local health care and are pretty much forgotten by society, government take and take then make us pay for it.
they see one protest turn bad and use it as an excuse to vent, thats all thats happening. Yeah they're pissed of kids out to trash stuff, but there is a reason they are pissed off that needs to be addressed.
there is no way the army should be called in. there is no privilege for marshal law in the this country and it should stay that way,.

Northern Ireland

[12thGooner]

@worthing i'm sorry you got mugged at knife point and the sentence is by far a joke... but you think if these kids had something better to do they would be doing this...
the stupidest comment on this thread easily is the knee jerk reaction of lets bring the army in, condoning blatant military oppression we have police for shit like this and they are failing.
nother ireland was an occupied territory

[Chips and Chocolate]

England v Holland
West Ham v Aldershot
Charlton v Reading
Palace v Crawley
Bristol City v Swindon

all called off

[worthing_gooner]

@worthing i'm sorry you got mugged at knife point and the sentence is by far a joke... but you think if these kids had something better to do they would be doing this...
the stupidest comment on this thread easily is the knee jerk reaction of lets bring the army in, condoning blatant military oppression we have police for shit like this and they are failing.
nother ireland was an occupied territory

Yeah but you say these kids have nothing better to do, what about going to get a job? Or at least attempting to do so. What about voluntary work? Helping out in the community? The armed forces? Instead they sit there and feel sorry for themselves and think the whole world is against them.

Instead they smash the place up, use violence wherever they go, destroy property, costing us taxpayers more and more money, and then wonder why people think they're fucking scum.

We should bring the army in and teach these little fuckers a lesson they won't forget.