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Originally Posted by Rob
And finally, what is happening now is not about any sort of social statement, it's about opportunism and organised theft. An awful lot of the looting is co-ordinated. The fires and stuff are often a distraction to get the authorities into a different place whilst just down the road the real value target is emptied This was the case in Croydon where the Reeves furniture shop was torched while a nearby Comet was emptied.
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There is no social statement to the riots but that doesn't mean they were not born from a social problem. We need to look at why these youths did this, why they wanted to do this. As I mentioned before they clearly have no stake or respect in society. We need to try and instil this into them before they get to this stage, bring them into the fold, make them feel they have a future, and a reason to respect their communities.