[kj] OT - LON OMG, CHILE too

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Now it's happening in CHILE, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/08/201189222421236242.html
 
 
 
From: fluke 1 <fluke1 at live.co.uk>
To: gathering at misera.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT - LON OMG

 No one even noticed that they went , the only time people noticed that they had gone is when they had to come back.    
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:39:57 -0700From: saulomar1 at yahoo.comTo: gathering at misera.netSubject: Re: [kj] OT - LON OMG 
Hey all, is this article a fair assessment of the UK situation 
(at least up until the article being written)? http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/356-europe/6954-londons-burning
 
I don't know if it's acceptable practice over there, but is it ever okay to allow the PM (the PM!), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Home Sec. and the London Mayor (among several others) to ALL skip town and go on holiday - and outside the country, too?! - and leave the country leaderless and vulnerable in case of.. um, crisis?  Did they all fly out on the same plane too? That just seems majorly wrong to me.  Is dereliction of duty a crime outside the military? 
 
 

From: Jim Harper <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Monday, August 8, 2011 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] OT - LON OMG

It's safe to say these incidents weren't caused by the police, the Tories or unemployment.

I doubt if 1 in 20 of these thugs could describe to you the incident that supposedly 'kicked off' these riots. I doubt many of them have political opinions or even bother to vote, and it's just a wild guess, but somehow I suspect these of them that are unemployed are quite happy that way.

These riots were started off by a bunch of thugs hijacking a legitimate protest. Then they decided they would steal a few TVs, beat up a few innocent people and burn some houses down- safe in the knowledge that the police are overstretched and you're unlikely to ever be convicted. 

No-one in Tottenham (or the dozen other places where trouble has broken out) ripped the metal shutters off an electrical goods store and stole a couple of massive TVs because they were unhappy about the policing in their area. They're just thugs.

Jim.  --- On Mon, 8/8/11, Paul Wady <paulwady at hotmail.com> wrote:
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