Posted on 11/14/2018 7:46:55 PM PST by NotaLowTBoomer
Lots of those pesky Amish in Birmingham uk
400 is a start. That will affect a few blocks. It will take 1000 times that to make a difference in the country.
It may be kind of homely but it sure is sweet
Industrial Revolution put it on its feet
But it's a long, long way
Boy, I've got the Birmingham Blues.
Vigilante justice, while not ideal, is still better than no justice at all.
No problem. I don’t need to be told that we were under a monarch until 1776, thank you.
Yeah, the Brits were wondering that all the way back to England in 1783 rubbing their butt hurt bums.”I say, dashed if I know WHY those impertinent Yanks would go and give them selves the right to own a gun! What ever would they need them for?’’
The BIGGEST crime wave to stop is in Parliament AND BRUSSELS!!
They might have Special Branch or even SAS called on them by HMG.
The typical Brit is supposed to live with the crime and terrorism while paying the perps.
‘We’re vigilantes, but we’re vigilantes with a twist, working within the law and not against it.”
There seems to be a bit of confusion here on vigilantism, what it is, what usually provokes it. Also, the article doesn’t get real specific on the who what when where of enough crime to get people off of their asses.
Try this one....
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/more-400-people-join-birmingham-15417299
I’m sure the police will now find time and resources to deal with the “vigilantes”.
UK version of "I didn't really need to look..."
Color me surprised /s
THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED SAXON
by Rudyard Kipling
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Saxon began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy — willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Saxon began to hate.
Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud
When the Saxon began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate.
“
Simply replace the word “Saxon” with the word “Deplorables” and we’ve got our own poem ...!
Nothing terrifies collectivist politicians more than the emergence of a vigilance committee. Would that we had one in Broward County, right now...
You have a point.
THE WRATH OF THE AWAKENED DEPLORABLE
by Rudyard Kipling
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late,
With long arrears to make good,
When the Deplorable began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy — willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the Deplorable began to hate.
Their voices were even and low.
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show
When the Deplorable began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd.
It was not taught by the state.
No man spoke it aloud
When the Deplorable began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Deplorable began to hate.
There's no evidence whatever that that was so. There was always a cultural difference between the two countries on guns, dating from their respective conditions at the time when guns first became available on an industrial scale to the general public, say the last third of the 19th century.
At that time Britain was in the middle of the 'Pax Victoriana', a period of unprecedented peace and prosperity which lasted for nearly a century, There were few external threats, and no internal borders to defend. There was of course crime, but for the most part it was successfully controlled by the new (unarmed) police forces.
In those circumstances the average Briton never saw the need or wished to have a gun, except if he was a sportsman or a countryman needing to control vermin. (And it's the shotguns and hunting rifles suitable for those purposes which were always the most widely owned guns, as they remain today - they have never been banned, and countryside shooting sports are increasingly popular).
Handguns were certainly available, and indeed made in the UK (Webley etc). But the market was mostly to army officers (who at that time had to provide their own personal weapon) and to men going to live and work abroad. The idea of a gun as an normal item of domestic equipment for the defence of person or property simply never took hold as it did in the US.
This is the poem Kipling actually wrote:
THE BEGINNINGS
It was not part of their blood,
It came to them very late
With long arrears to make good,
When the English began to hate.
They were not easily moved,
They were icy willing to wait
Till every count should be proved,
Ere the English began to hate.
Their voices were even and low,
Their eyes were level and straight.
There was neither sign nor show,
When the English began to hate.
It was not preached to the crowd,
It was not taught by the State.
No man spoke it aloud,
When the English began to hate.
It was not suddenly bred,
It will not swiftly abate,
Through the chill years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the English began to hate.
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