In reply to your question: no, but the lack of it can certainly change opinions.
In other news, what the actual fuck is going on? What happened to the glorious London communities they keep banging about in the Blitz spirit?

I find it incredibly hard to watch what's going on and to associate it with my own nation. It's just crazy shit. They set fire to a carpet shop with flats above it - why, exactly?
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 19:59, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Because The Man likes a nice deep shagpile
and they were sticking it to him
( Kroney, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:00, Reply)

That's what I don't get
Supposedly they're mad at 'the police' or 'society' or whatever. The only ones who this is punishing are the poor people who own the shop, and the now homeless families (including young children) who lived upstairs.

and the rich gentried landlords who owned the freehold, obviously.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:04, Reply)

It's just about fucking stuff up. It's entertainment.

( Kroney, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:05, Reply)

I'm certainly entertained

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:07, Reply)

The people to blame are the idiots who cancelled Firefly
No-one would be out rioting for their entertainment if there were new episodes to be had
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:09, Reply)

now that's a reason to riot

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:17, Reply)

because they're mad as hell and they're not gonna take it anymore!

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:01, Reply)

Aaron Russo lols

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 8 Aug 2011, 20:02, Reply)