London's fucked

Hinn

I think that just about sums it up.

Day 3 of rioting, gathering speed. Not just North London anymore. East London. South East London. Fires. Stores smashed. Looting.

This is one of those times when I'm glad I'm in a part of London that people always overlook.

dimitrispearljam

stay safe..looks like Athens

polaris_x

the people there have had some anger building up for some time now ...

titchinello

your right there.... its just madness.... fucking madness, been watching the news of it happening since about 5pm, and its just getting worse and worse.

fucking idiots

inlet13

Stay safe.

titchinello

I wouldn't be surprised if there where some reprecusions for the london olympics because of this.

but is it too late to pull the plug on it.

Hinn

titchinello wrote:

I wouldn't be surprised if there where some reprecusions for the london olympics because of this.

but is it too late to pull the plug on it.

I'm surprised they haven't hit up Stratford after Deptford/Lewisham got hit, and swung round to Croydon/Dulwich/Camberwell instead.

titchinello

Hinn wrote:

titchinello wrote:

I wouldn't be surprised if there where some reprecusions for the london olympics because of this.

but is it too late to pull the plug on it.

I'm surprised they haven't hit up Stratford after Deptford/Lewisham got hit, and swung round to Croydon/Dulwich/Camberwell instead.

just watching croydon burning now... is deptford where the olympic stadium is??

BALLBOY

I love London it has a been big part of my life but sadly it has been hi jacked by people who only care about themselves & it really sad to see how it is spreading like the great fire or the plague.

titchinello

i here its happening in birmingham too. where next.. manchester....?????

redrock

polaris_x wrote:

the people there have had some anger building up for some time now ...

Nothing to do with anger, protest, politics, etc. Just wanton destruction & looting. No further agenda than that. Disgusting. It's the people who have their homes torched and their little business burned down who have the right to be angry. Not those idiots with their hoodies and scarves around their faces.

facepollution

redrock wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

the people there have had some anger building up for some time now ...

Nothing to do with anger, protest, politics, etc. Just wanton destruction & looting. No further agenda than that. Disgusting. It's the people who have their homes torched and their little business burned down who have the right to be angry. Not those idiots with their hoodies and scarves around their faces.

Absolutely. I just hope nobody gets caught in any of those fires - like you said, some of these places they're burning have homes above them.

Time to bring in the army?

redrock

F***ing gangs. Police having to guard the doors of the Children's Hospital... despicable.

Jason P

We've seen smaller cases like this breakout in the States over the weekend. Philly had to issue a youth curfew after "flash" mobs of youth damaged stores and beat people at random. And the Wisconsin state fair had issues with young gang members just randomly beating patrons as they were stuck in traffic.

I hope the violence is contained soon. Good luck!

Dread

Just idiots with nothing better to do ,using any excuse to smash and rob,pathetic

Claireack

It's all so terrible.

Don't know what else to say.

:(

PilateOfTheStorm

redrock wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

the people there have had some anger building up for some time now ...

Nothing to do with anger, protest, politics, etc. Just wanton destruction & looting. No further agenda than that. Disgusting. It's the people who have their homes torched and their little business burned down who have the right to be angry. Not those idiots with their hoodies and scarves around their faces.

this is it ^

for no reason. just violence for the sake of violence. stupid, irresponsible, moronic people who don't think about any of the consequences that others will have to face.

on the news, there was a woman whose home - flat - was burnt down. to the ground. destroyed. why? what has she done? absolutely nothing.
those hooded and cloaked people who are doing all of this - disgusting and pathetic and i hope karma gives them what they deserve.

i'm very angry about this, i have family there and loved ones and now it's spreading to birmingham too?

Hinn

This is what they've done to the main street in the next train station down from mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqj1N9qe ... ture=share

Hub.

don't get it.

As someone just said on the BBC: They don't care, they have no respect for human lives.

PilateOfTheStorm

Hub. wrote:

don't get it.

As someone just said on the BBC: They don't care, they have no respect for human lives.

they have no respect for their own areas
their own community
their own neighbours
their own shops

it's disgusting and a disgrace for the country

Hinn

I'm kinda terrified. In a minor way. Even put my passport in my pocket, put on jeans even though it's 11pm, put my Alpine Valley flight details in my bag, along with my mullet wig and my flag, ready to make a run. Obviously I'm doing this in my way where I don't really take things seriously.

Combine that with the fact that these kids have clearly have no respect for safety of others in causing wanton public damage...

Doesn't that make them terrorists?

Doesn't that translate into shoot to kill, when people with the guilty mind cannot be deterred from their ongoing actions?

Sounds like there ought to be a PROPER hunt. With rifles and whatnot.