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London and UK riots (started in Tottenham 10:30PM, 6th Aug)

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    #3032
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Yahew wrote: »
    What planet do you live on. The only people paying for anything work for a living.

    lol....you obviously never heard of credit cards and the credit crisis. Buy some newspapers...it seems to be the solution. ;)


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    #3033
    Yahew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    I'd go with London riots.


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    #3034
    who the fug
    Registered Users Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    CorkMan wrote: »
    I am the OP, what do u think I should change it to?

    Like Tottenham was where it first happened, so do ye think it should stay that way? Like when people enter the thread they will read that, and they will discover it spread to London as it progressed. Or else should it be "Riots In London" (with the date staying afterwards)

    How does it feel to be a London copper, free advise at every turn


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    #3035
    blackdog2
    Registered Users Posts: 852 ✭✭✭blackdog2


    biko wrote: »
    The rioters have killed one so far in a car and hospitalised another elderly bystander.
    Mark Duggan, OG, shot at a policeman and the bullet lodged itself in a police radio. He was shot and this then triggered the riots.

    No he didn't. It was a police bullet in the radio, so the policeman was hit by one of his own.


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    #3036
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    It's quite simple, they are taking what society says they can't have, what society told their parents, they can't have.
    I'm only suprised that it has taken this long.

    society says they cant have tesco value basmati rice or crap from poundworld?

    have you recently emerged from some sort of cocoon?


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    #3037
    Oh_Noes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Oh_Noes


    danniemcq wrote: »
    ummmm watercannons don't kill people, you could have the pressure down low and just demoralise people

    Or water pistols. Those supersoaker 3000s are badass. spray their crotch so it looks like they've peed themselves. Rioting feckers.


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    #3038
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    No, it's intelligent caring people like you who read newspapers:rolleyes:

    Maybe cut back on the Ad hominem attacks and tell us....

    What do you consider a fair society?


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    #3039
    baaaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭baaaa


    biko wrote: »
    The rioters have killed one so far in a car and hospitalised another elderly bystander. I'm sure there's plenty more smaller acts of violence during robberies and such that hasn't been reported.
    Mark Duggan, OG, shot at a policeman and the bullet lodged itself in a police radio. He was shot and this then triggered the riots.
    Duggan did NOT shoot at police,lodged bullet is from a police weapon.


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    #3040
    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    biko wrote: »
    The rioters have killed one so far in a car and hospitalised another elderly bystander. I'm sure there's plenty more smaller acts of violence during robberies and such that hasn't been reported.
    Mark Duggan, OG, shot at a policeman and the bullet lodged itself in a police radio. He was shot and this then triggered the riots.

    There were reports earlier on sky that the person that was shot in the car was involved in rioting/looting and was shot by one of them.

    The bullet that was in the police radio was a police bullet and not Duggans. He apparently was shot for waving a gun at the police, rightfully they shot the ****.


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    #3041
    Raze_them_all
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    FootShooter wrote: »
    lol

    http://twitpic.com/63dg74
    Anyone grab a screen of this?


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    #3042
    Superbus
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    CorkMan wrote: »
    I am the OP, what do u think I should change it to?

    Like Tottenham was where it first happened, so do ye think it should stay that way? Like when people enter the thread they will read that, and they will discover it spread to London as it progressed. Tottenham was where it started, so maybe the topic title should stay like that because it is the starting point?

    Or else should it be "Riots In London" (with the date staying afterwards)

    I'd change it to Riots in London. Or UK Riots. Less specific.


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    #3043
    kleefarr
    Registered Users Posts: 5,743 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    blackdog2 wrote: »
    No he didn't. It was a police bullet in the radio, so the policeman was hit by one of his own.

    May be Duggan had a police radio?


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    #3044
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    Ulysses Gaze wrote: »
    Maybe cut back on the Ad hominem attacks and tell us....

    What do you consider a fair society?

    One that doesn't consign generations to ghettos of no hope & no way out.
    And I am not talking about pacifying them with plasma TV's and pretend job schemes.
    Root and branch societal change.


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    #3045
    who the fug
    Registered Users Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭who the fug


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    What time is kick off tonight?


    Which venue ?


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    #3046
    Gia Tight Somewhere
    Posts: 0 ✭ Gia Tight Somewhere


    I was sent home from work early today, so looks like they're expecting more trouble. Getting seriously sick of this now. My students (I'm an ESL teacher) spent the whole day asking me why people are rioting and then around 4 they were told to get home immediately and stay indoors for the evening. It's an absolute disgrace. I don't even have an explanation for them. There's just no reason for any of this.


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    #3047
    Laika1986
    Registered Users Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Laika1986


    Surely people don't think that the death of Mark Duggan is really the cause of this?


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    #3048
    Yahew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭Yahew


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    lol....you obviously never heard of credit cards and the credit crisis. Buy some newspapers...it seems to be the solution. ;)

    Lol, you seem to think there is some relationsip between the people who are rioting and the people who are innocently caught up in the credit crisis. The people who are caught up in the credit crisis are working to pay off their mortgage debts, and to pay for this lumpen crowd as well as the banks. In general it is the "middle classes". Some - like my sister - are in London paying off their mortages and unable to find work here, and now under threat from these lumpens.

    These criminal lumpens dont work. They dont have credit. Most are kids.

    So why dont you actually read a paper? You seem to think that a working class marched out of the factories and to the homes of the bankers, and the Rich. a 2 year old has a better understanding of the world.


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    #3049
    cosmicfart
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    Duffff-Man wrote: »
    There were reports earlier on sky that the person that was shot in the car was involved in rioting/looting and was shot by one of them.

    The bullet that was in the police radio was a police bullet and not Duggans. He apparently was shot for waving a gun at the police, rightfully they shot the ****.

    he was carrying a gun in a sock when he was shot dead apparently


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    #3050
    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭CorkMan


    Mods, is it OK if I change the title to "Riots In London" ?


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    #3051
    mickydoomsux
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭mickydoomsux


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    lol....you obviously never heard of credit cards and the credit crisis.

    AHAHAHAAHH. What has that got to do with anything that's being talked about in this thread?


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    #3052
    baaaa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 606 ✭✭✭baaaa


    Duffff-Man wrote: »

    The bullet that was in the police radio was a police bullet and not Duggans. He apparently was shot for waving a gun at the police, rightfully they shot the ****.
    This is very unlikely-he waves gun and they shoot him and in the confusion a cop fires at another cop?
    I'd say they shot him and then tried to stage it so it looked like he had shot at them.


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    #3053
    ronaneire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭ronaneire


    I'd change it to RIOT I'm outta here


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    #3054
    kleefarr
    Registered Users Posts: 5,743 ✭✭✭kleefarr


    CorkMan wrote: »
    Mods, is it OK if I change the title to "Riots In London" ?

    It's not just London now though. Riots in Uk would be better.


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    #3055
    who the fug
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    Superbus wrote: »
    I'd change it to Riots in London. Or UK Riots. Less specific.


    You must be an architect













    no respect for history


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    #3056
    Laika1986
    Registered Users Posts: 620 ✭✭✭Laika1986


    UK riots would be better considering its already spread


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    #3057
    RobitTV
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    16.40 The cost of the damage has already hit £100 million, a spokesman for the Association of British Insurers (ABI) has said. Police could also be liable for property damage under a riot law from 1886.

    16.45 People are leaving work early to avoid any further violence tonight. The trains are completely jammed according to journalist Hannah Flynn.


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    #3058
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    blackdog2 wrote: »
    No he didn't. It was a police bullet in the radio, so the policeman was hit by one of his own.
    I've removed my claim but you should have a link to yours.


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    #3059
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    CorkMan wrote: »
    Mods, is it OK if I change the title to "Riots In London" ?

    Riots in England i would say


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    #3060
    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,005 ✭✭✭CorkMan


    I hope I don't eventually have to change it to "The British Revolution." :D


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    #3061
    CiaranMT
    Registered Users Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭CiaranMT


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    Maybe because they now see, that while they were living within the terms laid down by the 'establishment' the establishment wasn't paying either. And now they will be even more penalised and disenfranchised to pay for the establishments excess.
    The centre cannot hold.

    Grade B troll. Keep trying.


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