These riots were about race. Why ignore the fact?

[Harsh_77 718]

Blame the guns!

lol.... lmao

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

If I was Wales and Scotland...I would be wanting to get out now while the gettings good. Why sink with the rest of the ship?

[Kathryn41 3,205]

A number of TOS violating personal insults and attacks have been removed. Any more comments that are not discussing the posted topic or are attacking other posters will lead to further thread bans.

Edited August 10, 2011 by Kathryn41

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8694494/UK-riots-David-Cameron-condemns-sick-society-as-grammar-school-girl-in-court-over-riots.html

At Highbury, only a minority had no record. Many seemed to be career criminals. Most were teenagers or in their twenties, but a surprising number were older. Most interestingly of all, they were predominantly white, and many had jobs.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

So those folks living in the council estates and rotten neighborhoods, their race had nothing to do with why they're there?

slim, tell us what you know about council housing in Great Britain.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

What I love about the "debate" (I use that word very loosely) here is that whilst someone like RJ or Duncan or Trompe or me who actually has first hand knowledge of life in the UK is belittled when speaking about what the riots are actually about by people who claim to have no interest in and great dislike for the country, were any of us to opine about Russia, Ukraine or Belarus, we would be told to shut up because we know only what we've read about those countries.

I VJ!!!!!!!!!!

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

What I love about the "debate" (I use that word very loosely) here is that whilst someone like RJ or Duncan or Trompe or me who actually has first hand knowledge of life in the UK is belittled when speaking about what the riots are actually about by people who claim to have no interest in and great dislike for the country, were any of us to opine about Russia, Ukraine or Belarus, we would be told to shut up because we know only what we've read about those countries.

I VJ!!!!!!!!!!

I was watching the female looters on the Beeb to see if any of them had high heels on.

[Pooky 3,807]

I was watching the female looters on the Beeb to see if any of them had high heels on.

I didn't see any. Nor did I see any leopard-skin miniskirts.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

There's a lot of cobblestones in Britain, though.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

There's a lot of cobblestones in Britain, though.

There are practical nuances to running away from Debenham's after you've thrown a brick through the window and looted the knickers section.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

There are practical nuances to running away from Debenham's after you've thrown a brick through the window and looted the knickers section.

I know. It's hard to clickclickclick away when your arms are filled with La Perla.

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I also haven't seen any female rioters in french cut bikini bottoms. This is truly a sign of the poor quality of the indigenous women.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Does brown sauce go with pork chops?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Edit: must make sure my Father Jack quotation was correct!

Edited August 11, 2011 by elmcitymaven

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Edit: must make sure my Father Jack quotation was correct!

Nuns! Reverse!