25-08-2011, 06:03
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Make up your mind, Arthur....
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Have you got a link for that.......................
 
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25-08-2011, 06:06
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#1217
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by denphone
Tottenham police 'could have stopped riots'
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I think the same could be said about most of the areas. the police just stood and watched, and that's what made it worse. that's why it escalated over the following days.
whether they were ordered to standby and observe I don't know. but it gave out the wrong message to all.
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25-08-2011, 11:07
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#1218
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Make up your mind, Arthur....
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..he has - whatever it was it was Cameron's fault
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25-08-2011, 11:16
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by denphone
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Oh look,that was quick.... IT'S THE POLICE'S FAULT!!!!  ( I don't mean you Den  )
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25-08-2011, 12:09
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by Will21st
Oh look,that was quick.... IT'S THE POLICE'S FAULT!!!!  ( I don't mean you Den  )
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Thats alright Will.
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25-08-2011, 19:12
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Re: Riots
"Twitter study casts doubts on ministers' post-riots plan"
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Originally Posted by The Guardian
Twitter study casts doubts on ministers' post-riots plan
Analysis of tweets during recent unrest appears to undermine the case for banning people from social networks
Analysis of more than 2.5m Twitter messages relating to the riots in England has cast doubt on the rationale behind government proposals to ban people from social networks or shut down their websites in times of civil unrest.
A preliminary study of a database of riot-related tweets, compiled by the Guardian, appears to show Twitter was mainly used to react to riots and looting.
Timing trends drawn from the data question the assumption that Twitter played a widespread role in inciting the violence in advance, an accusation also levelled at the rival social networks Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger.
The unique database contains tweets about the riots sent throughout the disorder, which began in Tottenham, north London, on 6 August. It also reveals how extensively Twitter was used to co-ordinate a movement by citizens to clean the streets after the disorder. More than 206,000 tweets – 8% of the total – related to attempts to clean up the debris left by four nights of rioting and looting.
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"Social networks find possible link between rioting and having a Tory government"
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Originally Posted by NewsThump
Executives from the major social networks, who are attending a meeting to discuss how to avoid the violent disorder that occurred earlier this month, have insisted that the best way to avoid further disturbances is by not having a Tory government.
The rioting, which took place in a number of locations around England, was on a scale not seen since the 1980′s which according to historical records was before mobile phones and the Internet existed.
“We noticed a pattern forming where rioting and the type of criminal activity associated with feelings of anger and isolation generally tended to occur while the Conservatives were in power,” said a spokesperson for micro-blogging site, Twitter.
“We obviously don’t want to jump to a knee-jerk conclusion and definitively claim there is a causal link between the two, but there is clearly a causal link between the two.”
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25-08-2011, 20:13
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Re: Riots
LOL we'll have to disband the Conservative party so that there will be no chance of the Conservative party ever being in power again.
is Dave on it already?
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25-08-2011, 20:24
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by Matt D
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“We obviously don’t want to jump to a knee-jerk conclusion and definitively claim there is a causal link between the two, but there is clearly a causal link between the two.”
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03-09-2011, 05:23
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Re: Riots
Well it seems The Chief Prosecutor and The Prime Minister are in disagreement about the sentences handed out to rioters.
Riot justice is too tough, says chief prosecutor
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...rosecutor.html
And he is at loggerheads with the BBC.
Stop 'making excuses' for looters: PM attacks BBC over riot coverage
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...s-Cameron.html
And on this one l am very one much for tough sentences to be handed out to those hell bent on wanton criminality and mayhem.
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03-09-2011, 08:07
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by denphone
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Do you have a part-time job as a headline writer for the Daily Mail?
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03-09-2011, 08:29
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by Hugh
Do you have a part-time job as a headline writer for the Daily Mail? 
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It is important to provide a broad political spectrum of links which forum members can discuss and debate and then make up their own minds about things.
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03-09-2011, 08:36
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by denphone
It is important to provide a broad political spectrum of links which forum members can discuss and debate and then make up their own minds about things. 
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I want a link for the Star then ,something along the lines of "cops in 3 in a bed romp as London burns " in the interest of a broad political spectrum you understand
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03-09-2011, 08:39
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by martyh
I want a link for the Star then ,something along the lines of "cops in 3 in a bed romp as London burns " in the interest of a broad political spectrum you understand 
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The headline you have quoted is not suitable for this family friendly forum.
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03-09-2011, 08:53
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: Riots
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Originally Posted by denphone
It is important to provide a broad political spectrum of links which forum members can discuss and debate and then make up their own minds about things. 
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the comment wasn't about the links ...
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