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el_richo Aug 10th 2011 9:06 am

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What the UK needs right now is Paul Kersey in a bad mood


magnumpi Aug 10th 2011 9:09 am

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Wots any of this got to do with the riots. No one mentioned him when interviewed about looting and burning stuff. They just said its fun to to get free stuff.

So we gona get more riots because of the 3 lads who got killed last night.

Alan2005 Aug 10th 2011 9:11 am

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Originally Posted by magnumpi (Post 9551310)
They just said its fun to to get free stuff.

Can't say I blame them. Everyone wants free stuff.

magnumpi Aug 10th 2011 9:16 am

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9551317)
Can't say I blame them. Everyone wants free stuff.

Bum tish!

The bbc news say that they are bracing for racist repocusions from the 3 guys murdered last night. OMG

Greenhill Aug 10th 2011 9:32 am

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I just noticed the view counts on these two hot topic threads. Quite surprised to see that people have more interest in losing Radio 1 vs riots in the motherland :confused:

I haven't read the Sirius thread, is it good?

Alan2005 Aug 10th 2011 9:35 am

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Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 9551388)
I haven't read the Sirius thread, is it good?

It's full of newbies which is good for the community if some of them stay. Although gremmie did try to scare them away, he got told off for his troubles.

el_richo Aug 10th 2011 9:36 am

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Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 9551388)
I haven't read the Sirius thread, is it good?

Not really

Greenhill Aug 10th 2011 9:45 am

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Disturbingly, I still sense his presence. I fear he and his little black and white dog are staring, unblinking, at the screen, reloading this site repeatedly, waiting for something to happen... something to correct with the blatant use of unsubtle blatantness.


Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9551397)
Although gremmie did try to scare them away, he got told off for his troubles.


macadian Aug 10th 2011 10:11 am

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Originally Posted by Greenhill (Post 9551426)
Disturbingly, I still sense his presence. I fear he and his little black and white dog are staring, unblinking, at the screen, reloading this site repeatedly, waiting for something to happen... something to correct with the blatant use of unsubtle blatantness.


He's my hero........want him to made Minister for Immigration.....:lol:

jimf Aug 10th 2011 10:49 am

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 9551262)
Perhaps it was for recreational use, my guns are.

Yours might well be but the idea that his was is about as plausible as the possibility that he was on the way to the library. Perhaps they have some good books on gun maintenance there at the branch in Tottenham?

ann m Aug 10th 2011 1:28 pm

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 9551287)
ricochet eh? I'm not convinced. You know these SO 19 types - get a gun and they think they're lewis collins or something.

Do you know these SO19 types? I do, very well.

Ricochet is the most likely explanation. One officer fires off two shots. One lodges in Duggan's chest and the other hits a bone and comes out of the body at a wierd angle and hits another police officer. It's a risk of the job I guess.

London Mike Aug 10th 2011 2:26 pm

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Originally Posted by ann m (Post 9551744)
Do you know these SO19 types? I do, very well.

Ricochet is the most likely explanation. One officer fires off two shots. One lodges in Duggan's chest and the other hits a bone and comes out of the body at a wierd angle and hits another police officer. It's a risk of the job I guess.

I see a magic bullet theory being constructed all over again. I used to shop at Tottenham's retail park. No grassy knolls anywhere in sight.

magnumpi Aug 10th 2011 2:36 pm

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No trouble tonight.

Is that it now? Time to clean up and fill in insurance forms.

London Mike Aug 10th 2011 2:51 pm

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Originally Posted by Almost Canadian (Post 9550512)
I still haven't heard from you about what you would have done.

One assumes those referred to above, receive some form of housing benefit and welfare and, one assumes, this enables them to have a roof over their head, clothes on their back and food in their belly. I appreciate, it may not enable them to purchase a plasma TV. Does this justify them smashing their neighbourhood up and stealing one?

Shut down BBM instantly. Those using social media as a force for good used Twitter and Facebook not something private and encrypted. I agree with Greenhill that there was organization behind this; anyone thinking that this was just stupid opportunism is naive, though I'm sure many kids in the crowd did jump on the bandwagon.

Had Johnson and Cameron back sooner from their beach holidays and not in response to seeing Clegg and Livingstone out on the streets much sooner. If Cameron claims any credit for the shut down of these riots he's a bigger prick than I think he is already. Deploying so many police to the capital on day 3 from forces around the UK merely helped to fuel the expansion of the problems to other cities. 100 per cent this was about damage limitation in the eyes of the IOC.

Probably been tougher on the first day. The police were so terrified of a repeat of 1985 that I think they almost helped empower the rioters.

If I was Cameron I'd be thinking: did I contribute to this problem by shafting Britain's most deprived people with my policies these past 14 months while at the same time handing out plenty to Britain's most elite and wealthy 1 per cent?

Just to be clear on this I do not condone the violence or troubles at all. It's sickening. But, filling our jails with many more young people is wrong. Let's punish the ring-leaders really hard but get the rest on the streets doing some community service.

Lemi Aug 10th 2011 5:00 pm

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"Late on Monday night, news went round Twitter that Turkish shopkeepers on Stoke Newington Road in Dalston were fighting off the marauders with baseball bats, and someone tweeted: "Bloody immigrants. Coming over here, defending our boroughs & communities."

www.guardian.co.uk


Brilliant.:rofl:


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