gdmcclintock
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Civil unrest has nothing to do with freedom, but with the lack of freedom.
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Judge it how you want but when a section of society revolts at this level there is a problem somewhere at the core of it and sixteen thousand police on the streets of London is merely capping the volcano.
I hope they don't settle for just putting the lid on the situation and leave the pot to bubble till it boils over again at some future point in time.
Civil unrest has nothing to do with freedom, but with the lack of freedom.
OMG...its really sad to see this happening in a country deem as civilised...i will never thought such things would happen in a country like Great Britain.
The UK riots: the psychology of looting
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/09/uk-riots-psychology-of-looting
It's amazing today reading that amongst those being prosecuted for looting in Tottenham included a "Youth care worker" and a graphic designer, a 31 year old teacher's aide in Clapham and an 11 year old who stole a £50 garbage bin in Essex. Disaffected impoverished youth... sure, maybe a lot of them.. but what are these other idiots doing? I feel that the petition to deny offenders benefits for life (up to 80000 of the 100000 required to make the politicians vote on the issue) is misguided. Shaming them in public with harsh penalties should be enough.
That was hilarious.It's not that bad, according to these pictures.
Dear Randy,
Quite.
Incidentally, Wal-Mart owns Asda in the UK: predictably, a very similar sort of store.
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Your comment comes parlous close the the infamous Maggon statement: "There is no such thing as society." Those of us who believe that there is such a thing as society, and that future generations have a right (and indeed a duty) to know about it though photographs and honest reportage, will disagree with you.
Because either there is a free press (and free photography), or there isn't. You can't decently bury your head in the sand. This IS about photography, because photography is about life, unless you confine yourself to swans-and-sunsets and which version Summicron is best.
Cheers,
R.
Civil unrest has nothing to do with freedom, but with the lack of freedom.
Uh, what?
Soon you will be expected to be grateful for a job at Walmart or its Brit equivalent.
Randy
Is a job at Asda (UK Walmart) really that bad? If circumstances dictated, I'd work there.
Some unemployed people think that some jobs are below them. Some would rather steal or be on the dole rather than clean toilets, or stack beans. Some would rather nip into town, smash a window and take home a HD Ready TV for free. It would take two weeks of stacking beans to earn that or ten minutes of smash and grab.
I for one won't be analysing why these people have resorted to such actions. They are poor in spirit and, at least a significant number of them, will always be so. The best we can hope to achieve is keeping them in check with harsh punishment and the intolerance of the silent majority.
Is a job at Asda (UK Walmart) really that bad? If circumstances dictated, I'd work there.
Some unemployed people think that some jobs are below them. Some would rather steal or be on the dole rather than clean toilets, or stack beans. Some would rather nip into town, smash a window and take home a HD Ready TV for free. It would take two weeks of stack beans to earn that or ten minutes of smash and grab.
I for one won't be analysing why these people have resorted to such actions. They are poor in spirit and, at least a significant number of them, will always be so. The best we can hope to achieve is keeping them in check with harsh punishment and the intolerance of the silent majority.
Yes well said Roger but let us not forget also our MPs .
They are currently fired up by moral indignation but were themselves ,less than twelve months ago, raiding the nations cash by fiddling their expenses.
A lack of moral fibre all round and a failure of authority.