Commentary on the London Riots

[theoldwolf]

Courtesy of Phillip M. Jackson, a citizen of the UK, who has more of a right than any of our borked-up media pundits to comment on the recent, sad goings-on.



"If you were involved in any of the rioting, looting or general thuggery currently sweeping the cities of fair Blighty: you're a dick.

Hardly poetry, but if you're going to address that thicket of vermin you have to use language that they'll understand: assorted grunts, profanity and blunt objects. Anything more witty and clever would be wasted."

Original Link at Collected Curios.

Spot on, Jack.

Edit: BBC video with the original interview here.

Comments

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

Nothing to argue with there. I believe the segment of society that perpetrated these actions felt alienated and disenfranchised; I also suspect there is much that could have been done that was not. That said, their choices were poor, and ultimately ended up damaging themselves and their own neighborhoods more than any message they thought they might be sending.

[marmoe.livejournal.com]

I don't think they have a message. That would imply that they have thought about their situation and this a solution. They "just" vent their frustration in one of the most destructive and counterproductive way. As it was put in a radio program over here: If you are poor in Britain, it is assured that you will stay poor, and so will your children and their children; there simply is no longer a prospect of climbing up the social ladder.