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Originally posted by SprocketUK
reply to post by cheesyleps
How old are you, Cheesy? I ask, cos there's a world of difference in growing up prior to the mid 80s and after.
Yes, you got out and weren't held back by your roots, but I'd say its next to impossible these days.
Originally posted by cheesyleps
reply to post by Wo0kiEE
Agreed. I'm seeing a good mix of races in the pictures. Yet to see any decent photos of what happened in Liverpool, but I can bet there is a larger proprotion of whites involved in Liverpool than in London. Not because we have less minorities, Toxteth is a major middle eastern / eastern european area, but because the trouble in Liverpool is purely criminal and there are an awful lot of white scousers who have more than a passing acquaintance with theft.
Originally posted by sephrenia
I don't know if this has already been mentioned or not and I apologise if it has, but there's a movement on Twitter now using the hashtags #riotwombles #riotcleanup and people are coming together to try and fix what they can while the rioters are absent.
I thought that something nice like this would be good as a counterpoint to the idiocy being shown by the rioters.
Originally posted by SprocketUK
reply to post by cheesyleps
God that made me feel old!
Fair play to you, then! I do fear that you're something of a minority, though.
There is something like a mass depression that has settled over the real poor in this country, they seem to get by on false promises and pipe dreams, I don't think it will get any better until society stops being slanted so far towards the richest.
Originally posted by Acidtastic
Looks like it might soon be time for normal folk to get out of their houses and sort this mess out. Some vigilante action is what is needed. I'm all for buring banks and government buildings in a riot, but not peoples homes. And this has a real chance of spreading like wildfire over the whole country. Time to tool up and be ready.