Kicking Off In Tottenham
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TruXta
tired
This thing is quite handy http://trendsmap.com/local/gb/london
Edit - I say handy and then check it out properly, maybe not so great.
Edit - I say handy and then check it out properly, maybe not so great.
pk
drink flounce rinse repeat
jesus wept. That's what they wan't you to believe love. Prince 'Arry 'imself lives above a chip shop in Neasden, swears he's Elvis. Don't be fooled. The nations rulers live above shops.
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
Bristol now as well.
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
The carpetright building in tottenham is being demolished. A great loss, not only in terms of the building but also 26 affordable decent homes.
I've cracked the screen on my laptop, so if anyone knows of any decent machines going for cheap in the N. London area, please PM me. (this is a serious request btw).
Well, at least I'm not after a mac.
Well, at least I'm not after a mac.
krtek a houby
Against all gods
Kicked off last night, elderly neighbours terrified. This is not an uprising. To use that term is an insult to uprisings around the world. This is chaos. This is why we need to bear arms and form local militia. Or something.
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
Interesting what they conspicuously aren't saying ... anything whatsoever along the lines of: 'the non-police weapon had been fired'
You'd think it was pretty easy to tell whether it had or not. Strongly suggesting that it had not been fired.
We also have this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/aug/08/mark-duggan-handgun-lethal-weapon
Which rather makes nonsense of the all-too-predictable: 'brave cops in gun battle with evil gangsta' stories that the Met's partners-in-corruption at the Sun were coming out with last week ...
I don't think it's exactly a surprise that the grieving family of someone shot by the cops might get angry reading that sort of shit about them while waiting for any sort of coherent account of the events leading to his death from the cops and/or the IPCC ...
stuff_it
Too skool for cool
Lol, the stuff inside the screen is toxic, y'know....
past caring
The Cathars were right
Bernie Gunther
Fundamentalist Druid
I didn't realise you held that view of David Cameron (and presumably his cronies, given your use of the plural) maybe you aren't such a twat after all ...
Paris Garters
Apparently back.
ok, so while the police are clearly doing little to intervene in protecting vulnerable peoples' homes, they're busy forming blockades to stop groups getting into the wealthier areas. it also strikes me that they've had three days to bring in police from other areas (all I've heard of so far is a couple of choppers). I'm finding it hard to get past the idea that this is being allowed to happen. which is fucked enough in itself, but it's the possible motives that are making me jittery. (I'm not conpiracy-prone btw)
on the other hand, I'm glad to see ordinary people organising to defend themselves...while hoping that the kids will learn some lessons about boundaries - and recognising their actual enemies - instead of escalating into hideous revenge vortex.
Insults aside, I'm sure you're a nice enough person in person, but reading your posts really start to grate.
Sure, it's natural and right to try to look deeper and try to understand. But if fear of punishment and real hard deterrents is also a social requirement, then any fool can see it's needed right now.
We need to show them that this is not acceptable. They need to know that they can't do this and it's getting way too flipping late!
The police DO NOT HAVE THIS UNDER CONTROL! London's in flames and they stand and watch.
Tottenham was an absolute disgrace. But because the police pussyfooted around, the criminals around London are now having a field day! That's frightening, no? We need to stop them; not understand them.
The police don't 'want it to get out of hand', obviously. They haven't effectively quelled this because, as the BBC 'social order expert' said last night, the police are frightened to even shove a 'protester'. Hence their 'tactics' are thus: standing around watching criminals run riot around London.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
welcome back, Mr Major
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
wow, truly thou art clueless
I was quoting a BBC expert on social order, so I guess it's you that's clueless.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
well, you claim you are. But even if you are, mindlessly quoting them, as if you agree, is clearly fucking clueless, especially considering you could actually see them hitting protestors really rather hard whenever they got an actual opportunity. Y'know, simply using the evidence of your own eyes would have shown you the falisity of tht 'experts' opinion. If they did, indeed, say what you claim.
Right, I'm glad you said that. Now I know that you're the one who's actually clueless. Just encourage you to talk a little instead of throwing one-line insults about, really clears things up. So you saw an officer hit someone with a baton. Great! That's that then.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
cantsin said:
I'm not sure that the thinking regarding the blockading of the West End is necessarily about "wealthy areas" being protected vis-a-vis the residents. At this time of the year the West End is jam packed with tourists, and dense with high-value targets. Both the primary and secondary financial impacts of a rampage through the heart of town would be astronomical, and with limited resources, it's likely a more efficient use of manpower to protect a single high-value and obvious target, than it is to chase these chaps around countless outlying High Streets.
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