tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post4416914370468293139..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Very naughty indeedChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-81378898675261776352011-08-10T01:40:28.881+01:002011-08-10T01:40:28.881+01:00It's horrible, it's live and it's scar...It's horrible, it's live and it's scary. Even from this far away. <br /><br />It's happening in other places in the world but the population there doesn't have as easy access to social media as we do so we don't notice. I thought that little birds didn't soil their own nests. I was obviously wrong.<br /><br />I wouldn't fancy trying to be their teacher when they go back to school.AllanahKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18331612754978938774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-19224784170497731602011-08-09T16:38:41.857+01:002011-08-09T16:38:41.857+01:00So that's that, then? Problem solved. ".....So that's that, then? Problem solved. "...the cost of a few tellies and digicams and buildings ..." amounts to nothing more than a hill of beans compared to the "real criminals" and the opinion that no one's looking out for "their [whose?] next generation".<br /><br />"First establish why." Well, go ahead - establish. Give me a reason why anyone should torch other people's livelihoods, mug already injured victims, hurl bricks at police officers, attack firefighters and generally bring hooligan violence and destruction to major cities.<br /><br />I don't want to hear the <i>Officer Krupke</i> explanation ("I'm depraved on account I'm deprived") because it's patent nonsense. Thousands of people exist (God help us!) in deprivation without rioting and looting and committing arson.<br />I think that this is simpler than just a "late-summer-time" protest - as if it was something that we should accept as part of life's rich seasonal tapestry. It is opportunistic criminality, tout court.<br /><br />I don't need to look on facebook for anything, let alone "immoderate responses". I can generate enough of my own, and they will not be dependent on what others think is the correct way to react. In the words of the prophet, stuff that for a game of sojers. Immoderate actions call for considered but tough reactions, perhaps involving the deployment of water cannons, which liberal opinion denies our police forces for fear of actually stopping the poor rioters before they run out of steam naturally and get a chance to nick a few more BlackBerrys all the better to tweet with.<br /><br />The point is not that the economy is bad (and it is) therefore we should not condemn criminality too much. We should be capable of doing both, and of thinking of more than one thing at a time.<br /><br />Oh dear. I've ranted. Enough for now (punctuation deliberate!).abfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-61859618287811814452011-08-09T11:36:53.347+01:002011-08-09T11:36:53.347+01:00First establish why.
The UK is not without its h...First establish why. <br /><br />The UK is not without its history of late-summer-time protests, be it in London (mobs?) or even in enlightened Edinburgh (anarchists?), back in the late 90s (ish).<br /><br />There's quite a lot of value in an external perspective, of course. <br /><br />And I'm more horrified at the immoderate responses - saw a fair few on facebook last night.<br /><br />And if you want a real perspective, take the cost of a few tellies and digicams and buildings and compare that to the state of the economy and then tell me who's looking out for their next generation and who the real criminals are.Timhttp://www.shinyphoto.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com