London riots
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:42 pm
Normally this is the sort of thing to kick off with a link to a news story, but if you haven't heard about the rioting by now you're probably dead. Or American.
What do sinners think of it all?
I think that, at this point, four nights (and days) into this, it feels like the government have no control over the country, and aren't going to get their finger out any time soon. There's been plenty of outrage and disgust, a bit of thought as to the background causes, and surprisingly little thought about what now seems to be a case of the police opening fire first as the 'spark' which set things off.
And seeing former Bullingdon members lecturing TV cameras on the reckless behaviour of young people going out at night and destroying other people's property for fun... well, "delicious irony" doesn't quite cover it!
What do sinners think of it all?
I think that, at this point, four nights (and days) into this, it feels like the government have no control over the country, and aren't going to get their finger out any time soon. There's been plenty of outrage and disgust, a bit of thought as to the background causes, and surprisingly little thought about what now seems to be a case of the police opening fire first as the 'spark' which set things off.
And seeing former Bullingdon members lecturing TV cameras on the reckless behaviour of young people going out at night and destroying other people's property for fun... well, "delicious irony" doesn't quite cover it!