Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by Pierre
(Post 35286312)
12 years of being told you don't have to work to earn a living + 1 year of being told you do.
= institutionalised lazy youth that wants everything given to them without having to earn it ..... Get upset.
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There's more than a little truth in that statement.
However to be fair, I've heard plenty of young people - black, white and Asian - heartily condemning these actions for what they are and disassociating themselves from the mindset (if you can call it that) and excuses of the rioters, looters and serial parasites on society.
In fact, as is often the case, good can come out of this tragedy - whether it be different communities getting together to see off the mobs and clear up the mess, laws/rules being changed to better deal with civil disorder or just recognition of all those young indviduals who have so effectively made the point that they're 'not all the same' and don't deserved to be treated as if they were.
Just as I was after 7/7 when I heard so many Muslim voices condemning the outrage committed by maniacs in their religion's name, I'm greatly heartened by the number of young people I've heard who want no part of this sort of behaviour and have worked very hard to get out of the very same conditions that the **** blame for all their ills.
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Originally Posted by Taf
(Post 35286264)
And it's flammable.....;)
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Yes, that'll focus the minds of the budding arsonists too.... :D |
