best comment on the riots that i have seen was on twitter. i paraphrase:
"currys - looted. comet - looted. post office - looted. drugstore - looted. bookshop - fine.

knowledge = chav kryptonite"

bet you none of those fuckers can read anyway.

where are our champion lefties, al, chompy and bella anyway? wearing balaclavas and smashing up tesco?!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:20, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

it's got fuck all to do with left or right
and a lot to do with cunt or not cunt.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:21, Reply)

this ^^
although i assume it will be used in a devicive way by every shade and direction of opinion and politics. And that's what's gonna fuck us over
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:22, Reply)

of course
but there's still a lot of woolly drum banging about the poor disaffected yoofs. i am going to stick my neck out here and say that nobody who is symathising with the rioters owns a blue rosette!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:23, Reply)

I imagine banging a woolly drum wouldn't be very effective

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:28, Reply)

no comment...

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:30, Reply)

woolly drum - about as useful as a furry cup

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:30, Reply)

furry cups are very useful for supping from...

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:37, Reply)

I'm not just talking about the rioters
Those justifying it are first and foremost cunts, not left or right wing. See Livingston, Ken.

Be really careful in this area, because those who try and make political capital out of this either way are equally cunty. To say that since Tories aren't sympathising then Tories must be good is as bad as Livingston saying it's down to cuts so Tories must be bad.

There's nothing overtly political in this and trying to make it so is the last resort of those too daft to see what's going on.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:31, Reply)

shit, i agree with every word of this
do something. i feel like my world has stopped spinning.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:33, Reply)

Imagine how I feel... ;)

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:37, Reply)

mostly indifferent
but a little bit smug and slightly tumescent?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:38, Reply)

If I got a lob every time I was right I'd have run out of blood by now.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:42, Reply)

Ooh, I love it when b3ta has some hot cyber action

( broadsword, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:38, Reply)

she's imagining running her hands over you as we speak
she's I'm
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:41, Reply)

You're going to cut off her hands
then use them to grope me? Even for here, that's weird, man.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:43, Reply)

It's a niche fetish, I'll admit

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 12:00, Reply)

They're working out what political capital Ken Livingstone can make out of this

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:21, Reply)

Bella left ages ago
You really should have noticed, the event led to a 100% reduction in your trolling
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:24, Reply)

she might have left b3ta ages ago
but that doesn't mean she isn't in london sticking it to the man, hence my question "where is she" !
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:26, Reply)

As if I'm going to tell you

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:28, Reply)

as if it was a serious question!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:30, Reply)

She's not in London.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:29, Reply)

oh, she's organising the manchester riots instead, huh?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:31, Reply)

Nope, from what I can tell, she's just at home.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:32, Reply)

well yeah
they don't get out of bed until 4pm!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Wasn't her last blog post
"A Leftwing call to arms"? I think she has to take some of the blame.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:37, Reply)

Haha, good point.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:40, Reply)

I've just seen a cracking pic from Dalston, taken last night

CFB

"One man said: 'This is Turkish Kurdish area. They come to our shops and we fight them with sticks.'"

Haha, fucking superb.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:32, Reply)

i LOVE this story
it made me v proud of them last night, even though i'm not turkish or kurdish!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:34, Reply)

Makes it even better when they say later on that 4 youths came, and had the shit kicked out of them for starting trouble.
Karma can be fantastic, sometimes.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:39, Reply)

rma babs
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:40, Reply)

This is true.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:43, Reply)

That looks like Dalston Junction.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:37, Reply)

What does CFB stand for?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:39, Reply)

Click for bigger.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Well ther you go!
I thought it was "cunting fucking big" or something
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:41, Reply)

Good for them.
If people are going to loot them and destroy things they work so hard to maintain, they should be able to defend themselves. I'm glad they stuck together to protect their business.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:40, Reply)

It's made even better by the fact that they kept their shops open
As they didn't need to close.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:41, Reply)

Bad idea. I can understand the desire to do so
but how is trying to fight them going to prevent more people being hurt and more buildings torched?

There are hundreds of these cunts and they're armed with bricks, bottle and petrol bombs. Riot police can handle that sort of crowd, private citizens can't, no matter how hairy they are.
( Kroney, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:41, Reply)

The rioters are mostly cowards, I'd say
They're barely facing any resistance, and with their faces covered, they think they can get away with it. A good kicking is just what they need, might make them reconsider what they're doing.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:43, Reply)

The problem here is
as soon as the police employ more heavy handed tactics, it will in some people eyes 'legitimise the rioters position, thus swaying opinion and potentially brining more people out onto the streets.

That is why they are standing off.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:46, Reply)

I don't see how preserving people in salt water will help.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:53, Reply)

It'll certainly stop them rioting.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:55, Reply)

It's not good, but unfortunately they're now stuck between a rock and a hard place
I'm of the opinion that tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets would clear the majority of the rioters pretty damn quickly, run that alongside kettling from riot/armed police, and you could take the sting out of it quickly.

However, if they are too heavy handed, it can work against them, as you say.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:54, Reply)

there ain't no water cannons in the country

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:56, Reply)

What about Norn Iron?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 12:02, Reply)

Charging them with armoured cars worked pretty well last night.
Expect to see more of that tonight.
( Kroney, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 11:57, Reply)

Sounds like Carmageddon!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 9 Aug 2011, 12:02, Reply)