Re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)
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Originally Posted by Russ
(Post 35286029)
To call them 'UK riots' is inaccurate - that would imply the trouble is happening in other countries within the UK. It is not. The riots are (so far) happening in England only. To try to go one further and say it should be referred to as "certain parts of England" is nit-picking in the extreme, it would be like objecting to initially calling them the 'London Riots' as they were only occuring in 'parts of London'.
Had these riots been taking place in Swansea, Cardiff and Wrexham only the press would be rightly referring to them as 'Welsh riots' or 'Riots in Wales'. All we ask for is a little consistency.
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Sorry, where did I say we, CF or the media should call them or this thread 'UK riots' or 'Parts of the UK riots'? :confused: I merely pointed out that they're so far restricted to parts of England and made the point that we shouldn't tar the whole of England with the same brush as the vast majority of it isn't suffering any riots. I also expressed a hope that they wouldn't affect other parts of the UK but pointed out they very well could do as the same conditions exist across the UK. If we're going to discuss how the media and others refer to these things well I reckon the BBC, as quoted by Hugh, got it spot on but of course different media will have different standards and agendas and use whatever terminology they choose to suit their purpose. I really don't see that as nitpicking or being pedantic. |
