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

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    #2822
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    I love watching the Irish right wing trying to make cogent arguments about this.
    All over FB, Boards.ie, Twitter are those people who called the masses onto the streets over our financial crisis. Now they are joining in the Tory blood cries for these deprived people who dare to say 'enough'.
    'Hurt my wallet then any sanction, including riot is ok'. But that reaction is justified coz we is educated. Despicable 'me fein' politics is just that.....despicable:rolleyes:


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    #2823
    Logical Fallacy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭Logical Fallacy


    Bambi wrote: »
    I must get one of these twitter machines, I have visions of people reading long ticker tapes of info as its being spat out "my twitter feed is off the scale"

    There are some pretty good sites out there where you can compile tweets based on hashtags and locations etc.

    About 90% of my Twitter folk are based in London though...so it's kind of scary sitting here reading tweets from them about fires and riots and stuff.

    Also, don't know if it was posted yet but....Photoshop a Looter!

    http://photoshoplooter.tumblr.com/


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    #2824
    BooYa
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭BooYa


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdvVpijAsiE


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    #2825
    That_Guy
    Registered Users Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Are Sky News fúcking stupid? Telling us what parts of London will be "unguarded" tonight.

    Mongs.


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    #2826
    DominoDub
    Registered Users Posts: 1,572 ✭✭✭DominoDub


    Hack still on page index
    http://twitter.com/#!/TeaMp0isoN_

    http://blogs.blackberry.com/teamp0ison/


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    #2827
    jill_valentine
    Registered Users Posts: 7,090 ✭✭✭jill_valentine


    Bambi wrote: »
    I must get one of these twitter machines, I have visions of people reading long ticker tapes of info as its being spat out "my twitter feed is off the scale"

    I like to picture it like that because it means I also get to have a glass of brandy and a pipe.

    So long as you treat everything with a balanced degree of healthy skepticism, to be honest, it's often faster and more accurate than any of the major news outlets. The info I was getting from Twitter re: the recent Norwegian attacks was about ten to twelve hours ahead of Fox News, and two or three hours ahead of Sky, for instance. You just have to read what you're seeing critically.


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    #2828
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    That_Guy wrote: »
    Are Sky News fúcking stupid? Telling us what parts of London will be "unguarded" tonight.

    Mongs.

    Where did they mention?


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    #2829
    moco
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭moco


    Yakult wrote: »
    I'm actually shocked that theirs been no fatalities in these riots. A good shocked tho!!

    I thought a man shot in Croydon died? Was on Sky news?


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    #2830
    meditraitor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,207 ✭✭✭meditraitor


    niallsparky wrote: »
    Where did they mention?

    send me your blackberry messenger number.....


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    #2831
    Oh_Noes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Oh_Noes


    niallsparky wrote: »
    Where did they mention?

    Is there a TK Maxx there?


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    #2832
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    moco wrote: »
    I thought a man shot in Croydon died? Was on Sky news?
    Yakult posted 5 minutes before they reported that.


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    #2833
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,712 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    mahamageehad wrote: »
    Here's a pic of the hack on the blackberry site in case it gets taken down.
    That's some crazy ****, threatening employees.
    With this and the poster about how not to get caught, makes you wonder if this wasn't a lot more organised than we originally thought.

    Blackberry hack by "Team poison"

    Jesus, this is seriously getting out of control now. Threatening to give employee details, employees who would have to do as the police say or be arrested/lose their lobs (not sure what the legality is, but Blackberry could fire them for disobedience even if the police couldn't arrest them for not handing over information), giving these details to the rioters. **** this ****.


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    #2834
    Thomas828
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,492 ✭✭✭Thomas828


    That_Guy wrote: »
    Are Sky News fúcking stupid? Telling us what parts of London will be "unguarded" tonight.

    Mongs.

    Sky News panders to the lowest common denominator so it's inevitable that there'll be a disproportionate number of idiots there.


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    #2835
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    I love watching the Irish right wing trying to make cogent arguments about this.
    All over FB, Boards.ie, Twitter are those people who called the masses onto the streets over our financial crisis. Now they are joining in the Tory blood cries for these deprived people who dare to say 'enough'.
    'Hurt my wallet then any sanction, including riot is ok'. But that reaction is justified coz we is educated. Despicable 'me fein' politics is just that.....despicable:rolleyes:

    what in gods name are you blabbing about. Do you think this is some sort of political protest? Im as left wing as possible but this is thugary, criminality, theft and arson. They deserve the punishment that any criminal would get.

    how exactly is robbing the local footlocker standing up for anything. jesus christ!


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    #2836
    Temaz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Temaz


    moco wrote: »
    I thought a man shot in Croydon died? Was on Sky news?

    Ya, I saw it on Sky as well.


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    #2837
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    That_Guy wrote: »
    Are Sky News fúcking stupid? Telling us what parts of London will be "unguarded" tonight.

    Mongs.

    If there was no trouble there would be no breaking news ;)


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    #2838
    ReacherCreature
    Registered Users Posts: 4,500 ✭✭✭ReacherCreature


    Laois_Man wrote: »
    Two 17-year-olds said they were "showing police and rich people they could do whatever they wanted".

    Play video right of centre

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14460554

    UNBELIEVABLE!!!

    "Do you think the rioting will go on tonight?"
    "Yeah. Hopefully." Fcukers of the highest order.

    When asked why they were doing it, they were targeting the locals, it was because they were "rich". Some shops are probably only making do. Recession and all. See in this link I've posted, picture 23, Aaron Biber, an 89 year old who owns a salon. I doubt he's loaded to the brim, even if he is, it's a bloody salon ffs.

    http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/08/london_riots.html


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    #2839
    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,798 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    I love watching the Irish right wing trying to make cogent arguments about this.
    All over FB, Boards.ie, Twitter are those people who called the masses onto the streets over our financial crisis. Now they are joining in the Tory blood cries for these deprived people who dare to say 'enough'.
    'Hurt my wallet then any sanction, including riot is ok'. But that reaction is justified coz we is educated. Despicable 'me fein' politics is just that.....despicable:rolleyes:

    These guys aren't protesting for any politcal cause though... they are just robbing and destroying stuff because they can get away with it.


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    #2840
    FortuneChip
    Registered Users Posts: 2,767 ✭✭✭FortuneChip


    That_Guy wrote: »
    Are Sky News fúcking stupid? Telling us what parts of London will be "unguarded" tonight.

    Mongs.

    That's what they want everyone to think ;)


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    #2841
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    This is grand and handy for the rioters. Spend a few night running amok and stealing what you want whiel the cops watch, then the rest of the people in the area come out and clean up after you.


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    #2842
    Happyman42
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,066 ✭✭✭✭Happyman42


    sensibleken wrote: »
    what in gods name are you blabbing about. Do you think this is some sort of political protest? Im as left wing as possible but this is thugary, criminality, theft and arson. They deserve the punishment that any criminal would get.

    how exactly is robbing the local footlocker standing up for anything. jesus christ!

    If you can't see beyond the looters to the real causes of this kind of protest then I'm afraid to say you are left wing only when it suits.


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    #2843
    Beefy78
    Registered Users Posts: 8,163 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    I love watching the Irish right wing trying to make cogent arguments about this.
    All over FB, Boards.ie, Twitter are those people who called the masses onto the streets over our financial crisis. Now they are joining in the Tory blood cries for these deprived people who dare to say 'enough'.
    'Hurt my wallet then any sanction, including riot is ok'. But that reaction is justified coz we is educated. Despicable 'me fein' politics is just that.....despicable:rolleyes:

    There's nothing daring about what is happening in London and elsewhere.


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    #2844
    MayoForSam
    Registered Users Posts: 2,277 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    I blame idleness - 200 years ago all the scumbags would have been forced to join the British Army and sent out to the colonies to kick some native a$$ and expend their energies - the decline of the British Empire has culminated in the lowest dregs of society finally realizing that the authorities are feeble and rudderless, just look at the wringing of hands in Washington and Berlin recently.

    Even though I know it a pile of old hokum, the time is ripe for the Anti Christ to show up, just like Hitler did in the '30s. Disenchantment with the status quo is prevalent world-wide. Nothing that World War 3 wouldn't sort out.

    All that's missing is a nation state to blame, can hardly go to war against capitalism which exists worldwide at this stage. Every other ideology is a busted flush.

    Will we even learn from our past mistakes - boom-and-bust, fiat currency, fat cats getting fatter, etc. etc?


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    #2845
    RobitTV
    Registered Users Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭RobitTV


    15.27 Ebay has confirmed it will remove any listings linked to looting in London. A spokesman for the online auction site said:
    ""Our thoughts are with the businesses and communities affected by recent events in London and around the UK. eBay will cooperate fully with the investigating authorities to identify and remove any listings which are linked to criminal activity""


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    #2846
    mickydoomsux
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,290 ✭✭✭mickydoomsux


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    This is grand and handy for the rioters. Spend a few night running amok and stealing what you want whiel the cops watch, then the rest of the people in the area come out and clean up after you.

    They are a sector of society that expects everyone else to babysit them.

    What else do you expect?


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    #2847
    Monty Burnz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,455 ✭✭✭✭Monty Burnz


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    If you can't see beyond the looters to the real causes of this kind of protest then I'm afraid to say you are left wing only when it suits.
    Sorry bud, there's only you and a couple of other loons defending the scummers.


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    #2848
    cosmicfart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭cosmicfart


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    If you can't see beyond the looters to the real causes of this kind of protest then I'm afraid to say you are left wing only when it suits.


    you sound like a backward retarded hippy who now uses violence instead of peace when protesting


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    #2849
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    If you can't see beyond the looters to the real causes of this kind of protest then I'm afraid to say you are left wing only when it suits.

    As opposed to always looking past the looting to try blame something else?

    Everything people do doesnt always have to be because of things other people do, some people are just ****ing scum.


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    #2850
    sensibleken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    Happyman42 wrote: »
    If you can't see beyond the looters to the real causes of this kind of protest then I'm afraid to say you are left wing only when it suits.

    what protest?

    what exactly is their manifesto when their smashing windows of poundworld , burning their own neighbourhood to the ground and putting pensioners in hospital?

    seeing as you have such an insight


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    #2851
    danniemcq
    Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    MayoForSam wrote: »
    I blame idleness - 200 years ago all the scumbags would have been forced to join the British Army and sent out to the colonies to kick some native a$$ and expend their energies - the decline of the British Empire has culminated in the lowest dregs of society finally realizing that the authorities are feeble and rudderless, just look at the wringing of hands in Washington and Berlin recently.

    Even though I know it a pile of old hokum, the time is ripe for the Anti Christ to show up, just like Hitler did in the '30s. Disenchantment with the status quo is prevalent world-wide. Nothing that World War 3 wouldn't sort out.

    All that's missing is a nation state to blame, can hardly go to war against capitalism which exists worldwide at this stage. Every other ideology is a busted flush.

    Will we even learn from our past mistakes - boom-and-bust, fiat currency, fat cats getting fatter, etc. etc?


    It was only a matter of time before HE was mentioned... or was it said before?


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