happened to pick up a copy of the telegraph in the canteen yesterday and whilst the front pages followed every other paper in being outraged a lot of the inner ones seemed devoted to finding the causes of he riots. Seemed to be a lot about "parallel society", the fact that the looters didnt feel they "belonged" to their communities hence they didnt care about trashing them, and also about the looters being on the povertyline with no prospects of a job or getting on the housing ladder so they only broke into Comet to steal goods they could never be able to afford themselves. Hmm. Now Im prepared to believe that some of these people may fall into some or even all of these catergories but mostly, mostly, Id say they were just little scrotes just jumping on the bandwagon. Come on, look at the photos, they arent exactly dressed in rags and do they honestly expect us to believe that most of them havent got a topline mobile phone or an HD tv or a PS3? Trust me ,having those things seems easier for the unemployed "disenfranchised" youth than it does for many of us who work and struggle to pay the bills. Im fortunate, I dont live in an inner city but I do know of people who do and I do understand a little about street/gang culture and the reasons behind it including poverty/drugs/racism/lack of opportunities. Similar things happened in the 80s-with probably more justification in terms of all these things. Of course the shooting of Mr Duggan wasnt the cause, it was the catalyst maybe and the underlying causes were undoubtedly there for some time and must be addressed but in the meantime this loutish behaviour should be dealt with both swiftly and harshly.
pps did you hear about Spurs' new black Italian signing? fella by the name of Grabatelli
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