Posted on 08/14/2011 9:25:05 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy
WHEN the worst riots in British history descended across the streets of England, it was the family-run shops and small businesses that bore the brunt of the immense destruction.
From grocery stores to optometrists, newsagents, sports stores, technology warehouses, hairdressers, pubs, fashion boutiques and even a funeral home - nothing was safe from the orgy of looting and damage.
Windows were smashed, products looted, buildings torched and in one instance looters even stole the kettle from the staff room of a barbers in Tottenham, North London.
The cost of the riots is still impossible to tally - The Association of British Insurers says they expect the industry to be paying out in excess of £200 million.
But the British Chamber of Commerce said the damage to businesses could be far-reaching and long-lasting.
"The violence that we've seen - it's not only against individuals but it's destroying the very fabric of society, not just for now but for years to come and that's why the government has to get a grip of this," the BCC's director general David Frost said.
(Excerpt) Read more at couriermail.com.au ...
Get a clue elite liberal Londoners. Your 50 year lavish welfare system is coming down with a crash. The more stuff you give to lazy people the lazier they become and demanding of more free stuff. You’ve created a monster that you now have to live with it until it kills you or you figure out how to curtail it.
Now let me think about it for a moment...YES!
Socialism is a scheme by which the productive class is enslaved for the benefit of the elite. To accomplish this, they need the threat of underclass violence in order to keep the middle-class in line. To intimidate the middle class, it's important that they are disarmed and vulnerable to underclass mob violence.
I suspect if the yobs did that today, the same response would happen. Depends upon whose ox is getting gored - or destroyed.
WIKI has a list of riots going back a ways. Sounds like a lively town.
These riots are EXACTLY why Section 9 housing was invented here in the US.
Gated communities in Britain & shanty towns in London & Greater London?
"These kids" aren't short-sighted either. The quoted paragraph highlights a multitude of other problems & issues.
But, I agree that London is a mishmash of suburbs, depending on location, rent, safety, nightlife, and transport. Take a look
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