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Started by Cain, August 08, 2011, 07:13:11 PM

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Doktor Howl

#60
August 09, 2011, 08:46:24 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 09, 2011, 08:38:48 PM
You gotta admit "mindful violence" does have a nice zen-like ring to it.

I am always mindful of my violence.  It's too important to half-ass.
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Anna Mae Bollocks

#61
August 09, 2011, 09:02:33 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 06:04:09 PM
Wait.  Someone is claiming that London isn't naturally violent?

THIS.
"BUT...WE HAVEN'T DRAWN AND QUARTERED AND DISPLAYED HEADS ON SPIKES IN YEARS!"  :lulz:
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Phox

#62
August 09, 2011, 09:04:31 PM
Quote from: Anna Mae Bollocks on August 09, 2011, 09:02:33 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 06:04:09 PM
Wait.  Someone is claiming that London isn't naturally violent?

THIS.
"BUT...WE HAVEN'T DRAWN AND QUARTERED AND DISPLAYED HEADS ON SPIKES IN YEARS!"  :lulz:
THE BARBARIANS! WHY THE FUCK NOT!?  :argh!:

Tell me they at least still do the thing where they throw people in a pit of half-starved wolves. Now THAT is a civilized practice.

East Coast Hustle

#63
August 09, 2011, 09:49:42 PM
Would you say it's a life-changing experience?
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#64
August 09, 2011, 10:01:31 PM
Quote from: Fuck You One-Eye on August 09, 2011, 09:49:42 PM
Would you say it's a life-changing experience?
Nah, just good, wholesome family entertainment. Think of the children, ECH!

Cain

#65
August 09, 2011, 11:26:42 PM
Manchester and Salford are looking a lot more violent tonight, with the city centre not in police control.  In the mid-west, Wolverhampton and West Bromich are seeing violence similar to Birmingham.

Still no violence in Cardiff or any Scottish city.  Coincidence?

Cain

#66
August 09, 2011, 11:28:15 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 06:04:09 PM
Wait.  Someone is claiming that London isn't naturally violent?

I've never been in fear of violence in London.  Mostly because I'm more scruffy looking and poor than anyone who would want to mug me, but nevertheless...

On the other hand, I did steer well clear of the police, so I probably missed most of the actual instigators of violence in the capital.

Da6s

#67
August 10, 2011, 01:49:55 AM
We appear to be doomed by our DNA to repeat the same destructive behaviors our forebears have repeated for millenia. If anything our problem solving skills have actually diminished with the advent of technology & our ubiquitous modern conveniences. & yet despite our predisposition towards fear-driven hostility; towards what we anachronistically term primitive behavior another instinct is just as firmly encoded in our make-up. We are capable as our ancestors were of incredible breathtaking acts of kindness. Every hour of every day a man risks his life at a moments notice to save another. Forget for a moment the belligerent benevolent billionaires who grant the unfortunate a crumb of costfree cake. I speak of pure acts of selflessness. A Mother who rushes into the street to save a child from a speeding vehicle. A person who runs into a burning building to reach a family trapped on the upper story. Such actions,such moments,such unconscious selfless decisions,define what it is to be human

Anna Mae Bollocks

#68
August 10, 2011, 04:10:58 AM
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Kai

#69
August 10, 2011, 04:49:43 AM
Quote from: Cain on August 08, 2011, 07:13:11 PM
These London riots are fairly impressive.

Tottenham, Lewisham, Hackney, Brixton and Putney are all on fire right now.  200+ arrests.  Theresa May reduced to blubbering about "criminality".  Barricades going up, buses and police cars being set on fire.

Maybe if the police didn't go around shooting people for completely random reasons all the time, and everyone had jobs, people would be less inclined to riot?  Just a thought.

Change "had jobs" to "weren't wageslaves or considered useless" and I agree with you.

And yeah, that is pretty impressive. Funny how it's a "political demonstration" in the middle east but a "riot" further west.
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BadBeast

#70
August 10, 2011, 05:58:37 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on August 09, 2011, 02:50:29 PM
Quote from: Cramulus on August 09, 2011, 02:43:34 PM
You know how little news coverage the riots are getting in the states? New York times made it the front page, but most sources are giving it little more than a nod. You might see "riots continue in london" fly through the ticker at the bottom of the screen, but so far there hasn't been a lot of news about it.

heard Cameron on the radio this morning putting on his Serious Daddy voice. Saying that police justice will be swift for the people that have caused this chaos. And that those of you old enough to go to jail will be punished. 


:horrormirth:
it really makes you laugh or cry


I've even heard the riots described as "race riots".   :?
They tried pulling that bullshit 25 years ago when Toxteth, Brixton and St Paul's went off. Didn't wash well then either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1Bm5h5B3w&feature=related
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NOT JUST A "FAIR WEATHER FIGHTER"!

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BadBeast

#71
August 10, 2011, 06:15:33 AM
Now they're blaming Twitter and You Tube. (Much like they lauded Facebook in Egypt's uprising, and the Arab Spring)
This quote, from that Lily Allen sums it all up, really.
"Are we on the brink of civil war or something? Bring back the cane ??????" Bless her!



This cracked me up.



"I'll catch you love, honest!"



Bus Stop?



Some British traditions are worth keeping.
"We need a plane for Bombing, Strafing, Assault and Battery, Interception, Ground Support, and Reconaissance,
NOT JUST A "FAIR WEATHER FIGHTER"!

"I kinda like him. It's like he sees inside my soul" ~ Nigel


Whoever puts their hand on me to govern me, is a usurper, and a tyrant, and I declare them my enemy!

"And when the clouds obscure the moon, and normal service is resumed. It wont. Mean. A. Thing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkCJDYxH-4

Xooxe

#72
August 10, 2011, 07:46:32 AM Last Edit: August 10, 2011, 07:48:11 AM by Xooxe
I feel sorry for the BBC that we didn't get a fourth night of madness in London. They were so looking forward to rubber bullets, poor things.

Also, ROBUST ROBUST ROBUST ROBUST COPYCAT MINDLESS ARMY COPYCAT RUBBER-BULLETS YOUTHS ROBUST

BadBeast

#73
August 10, 2011, 09:26:21 AM
  :roll:  In a hilarious moment of pure opportunistic "Get your licks in while you can", Iran have called for the British Police to "Excercise restraint when dealing with those protesting"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/global-riot-reaction-safety-fears-from-europe-satisfaction-from-iran-2335071.html
"We need a plane for Bombing, Strafing, Assault and Battery, Interception, Ground Support, and Reconaissance,
NOT JUST A "FAIR WEATHER FIGHTER"!

"I kinda like him. It's like he sees inside my soul" ~ Nigel


Whoever puts their hand on me to govern me, is a usurper, and a tyrant, and I declare them my enemy!

"And when the clouds obscure the moon, and normal service is resumed. It wont. Mean. A. Thing"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpkCJDYxH-4

Triple Zero

#74
August 10, 2011, 09:37:18 AM
Quote from: BadBeast on August 10, 2011, 09:26:21 AM
  :roll:  In a hilarious moment of pure opportunistic "Get your licks in while you can", Iran have called for the British Police to "Excercise restraint when dealing with those protesting"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/global-riot-reaction-safety-fears-from-europe-satisfaction-from-iran-2335071.html

oh WOW :lulz:

if it weren't Iran, I'd give them mittens for that
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