Will try to reframe from using colourful language in relation to these events. (Apologises if any spelling errors etc)
I keep hearing the word ‘Poor’,’Underclass’ and ‘Inequality’
Now these words can be used in many contexts, my idea of the ‘Poor’s’ in this country are the Homeless. (Did not see or have ever heard of them rioting before)
These events are pure and raw ‘Criminality’. Trying to relate the riots to other things, results in many people scoring political points ,over analysis of why people are ‘Sick’ (To quote are P.M) and causing race issues.
Example of making a statatement is the Police. We all know they have dealt with worse and can do better. But for some reason they have been/feel they have to hold back. A great example of not holding back is the area of Battersea who used the ‘Jankels’. (Visual power goes along way).Example of letting ‘Criminality’ take place is when you see people breaking into shops in broad daylight and instead of stopping this, they holding back camera crews and turning up one at a time.(They made their point now, we all respect the police more)
I read ‘Self interest’ etc, but everything a human being does is out of self interest from giving to charity to buying pants.
I hear ‘Social inequalities’. Going to guess that this means ‘groups that do not have social status.’
(The last time I checked the below is available to UK citizens)
Voting rights.
Freedom of speech (You can write, post blogs, hold rally’s etc etc.UK does not have the best reputation in terms of this, but we don’t live in Iran)
Education. Not the best, but at least we learn to read and count if we want to. Key word ‘Want’. Also if we want to go university, then find the damn money from somewhere. I remember monkeys like me washing plates, doing Night shifts etc to get through uni. In other places like the USA no one gets a handout and fees are higher than here. We have libraries also which are free. An example of what a library can do is proven by William Kamkwamba. (I got no sympathy for anyone who is apparently ‘poor’ after hearing this dude)
Health Care. It free, again not great. But try living in other countries where you got to pay.
If the issue is ‘Economic inequality’ then people need to stop using banks and start following the Mr Cable route and attack ‘Capitalisalism’. (I am sure everyone has dealt with a bank before and maybe taken out a loan, which has improved their lives in some way).
The bottom-line is ‘Criminality’ from top to bottom has been allowed to take place because of weak laws to benefit ‘Human right’ organisations and weak departments that either want to make a point or are just incompetent in general.
London is suppose to be a world class city and now it’s turned into a joke because some riff raff saw Tottenham get free stuff and run a mock. So the ‘Copycat’ element has now happened. Yes lots of things can be changed to make things better, but people need to have some shame and perspective first before that starts happening and stop thinking that there will be some kind of ‘Utopia’ one day.
People will always cause problems, but allowing ‘Criminality’ to take place goes against why I pay tax.
To quote Gore Vidal.
‘As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.’
