Much as this applies to the children responsible for the looting we have seen over the past few days, I'm personally finding the aftermath to be more disturbing. The online groups that formed as a way of showing that the majority of people were against the behaviour were quickly hijacked by far right extremists. In the towns local to me it seems that whilst there are no problems in the city centres, masked gangs have taken to breaking into people's houses and robbing them. We have had friends waking up in residential areas to find these gangs in their bedrooms. From what I've seen, this side of things has barely made the news. Certainly the towns around here have not. Where multinational companies have been looted, money has been lost, and an impact on the economy can be expected, the coverage has been constant. As Al says, this is anarchy driven by consumerism. The sentence doesn't even make sense. And then I hear people walking around talking about racist issues. What utter crap. Some people are blind to reality. The news shows children of all races looting, and some people can only see one race? The media has much to answer for in fuelling such ridiculous notions. At least we have rid ourselves of one of the culprits.
For people to be out there, first using the shooting of a man as a reason to start rioting, and then using the riots as an opportunity to violently exert personal prejudices, I find horrific.
Opportunists
Much as this applies to the children responsible for the looting we have seen over the past few days, I'm personally finding the aftermath to be more disturbing. The online groups that formed as a way of showing that the majority of people were against the behaviour were quickly hijacked by far right extremists. In the towns local to me it seems that whilst there are no problems in the city centres, masked gangs have taken to breaking into people's houses and robbing them. We have had friends waking up in residential areas to find these gangs in their bedrooms. From what I've seen, this side of things has barely made the news. Certainly the towns around here have not. Where multinational companies have been looted, money has been lost, and an impact on the economy can be expected, the coverage has been constant. As Al says, this is anarchy driven by consumerism. The sentence doesn't even make sense. And then I hear people walking around talking about racist issues. What utter crap. Some people are blind to reality. The news shows children of all races looting, and some people can only see one race? The media has much to answer for in fuelling such ridiculous notions. At least we have rid ourselves of one of the culprits.
For people to be out there, first using the shooting of a man as a reason to start rioting, and then using the riots as an opportunity to violently exert personal prejudices, I find horrific.