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Old 09-08-2011, 12:41   #421
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re: England Riots August 2011 (Was London Riots)

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Originally Posted by Stuart View Post
Sorry, but I don't think your average 15 year old would be thinking of government cuts when he or she is looting a new phone/game console/pair of trainers.

In fact, I doubt that most of the rioters were thinking of anything more than what they could loot.
Seems to me that people who don't live in deprived areas and have decent prospects are less likely to go on a looting spree. Not that that is an excuse for what we've seen, but I do think there has to be more to this than simply 'because we can'.
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