Riots in England (3 Viewers)

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
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no more subsidized pricing for basic necessities + worse outlook on jobs for young people, same everywhere. It was/is and will always be about 'bread'. Though i'll concede libya is a little different with bozo the clown as president.
Ya well Libya is a given. I was hoping you'd give me Syria :p

you don't think this is done with a huge sense of irony?




his missus on TV yesterday saying "why shoot him in the chest,why not shoot him in the hand?"
well i aint a police marksman but even i know that when someone pulls a gun out you aim for the shoulder,if they are moving and you hit the chest then that is unfortunate but they should not be carrying a gun and most definitely not pulling it out when you have police guns aimed at you
I don't blame you for thinking so, but no Libyan State TV is a bad joke, they're as serious as cancer when they spout such bullshit :D
 

Nicholas

MIRKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jan 30, 2008
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They don't. If it was middle aged men/women rioting then we can assume they have a purpose. These clowns want free stuff. It's bits of kids.
 

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
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Deneb is completely correct that the main source of the current civil unrest around the world is due to economic distress, particularly in rising food prices and lack of jobs. This will only spread from here on out, guaranteed.
 

Fred

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Oct 2, 2003
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i love how the people who never held a real job or had any kind of responsibility know about economic frustration. Just saying ;)
Like i said, the spark was economic frustration but then it escalated and the prime reason became freedom and democracy. It's obvious that for most of the revolution people were asking for free elections, for democracy, for modifications to the constitution, much more than they did for jobs, better opportunities and other economic demands.
 

ReBeL

The Jackal
Jan 14, 2005
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tunisian street vendor hassled by police set himself ablaze, the supposed nobility of the purpose or lack thereof is irrelevant to what got it started in the first place. Not to sound too platitudinal but if economy was doing good in either place we wouldnt be here
That was just the spark. If people in Syria for example felt some respect from the government, they would not have made their noble uprising.
 

CORVETTE

Malato di Juve , , 29
Oct 13, 2005
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:agree:

Terribly short of man-power.
I said that after what I've witnessed in a small city in Saudi Arabia , I was there when people started protesting demanding freedom and stuff like that , one fucking day and that place turned like a military base , tanks , helicopters , police , army , special forces .
And guess what , they had the right to shot anyone causing any trouble , people weren't allowed to go out after 8 pm .

5 days and everything was back to normal .
 

GordoDeCentral

Diez
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Apr 14, 2005
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Like i said, the spark was economic frustration but then it escalated and the prime reason became freedom and democracy. It's obvious that for most of the revolution people were asking for free elections, for democracy, for modifications to the constitution, much more than they did for jobs, better opportunities and other economic demands.

you only have to separate what the people really want and what the opportunist tell them what they want and how to get it, keep an eye on egypt.


The reasonable man.

mythical creature, might as well ask a unicorn
 

Red

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Nov 26, 2006
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I can absolutely see why people would assume current economic circumstances are behind these riots.

However, I am yet to see anything to make me think that there is anything more behind these riots than people engaging in a spot of recreational rioting and a desire to get themselves some free stuff.
 

Fred

Senior Member
Oct 2, 2003
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I said that after what I've witnessed in a small city in Saudi Arabia , I was their when people
started protesting demanding freedom and stuff like that , one fucking day and that place
turned like a military base , tanks , helicopters , police , army , special forces .
And guess what , they had the right to shot anyone causing any trouble , people weren't allowed to go out after 8 pm .

5 days and everything was back to normal .
You're going from one extreme to another. The British are being way too soft, but taking a leaf out of the Arabs book is the last thing they should do. The Army going in with tanks and helicopters is definitely not the solution.
 

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