rich people don't let their 12 yr old kids out alone after 8 pm in the uk. even middle class kids of that age often kept in after that time.
and during the riots, i'd bet that an extremely large percentage weren't let out at all. i think when they do the logistics, we'll see 90% or more of those teens and pre-teens come from the inner cities. i went through the rights 20 odd years ago and it was exactly the same thing. i never took part but i rode round on my motorbike and witnessed it. the wealthy marched and the poor looted. being poor doesn't give anyone the right too loot. and being 12 isn't an excuse. yes social changes need to be made but they never will be, we all realise this and as such we do what we can. the media pointed out all the designer shoes looters were wearing. that normal innercity wear.
many are snide but the media doesn't care as long as they can mouth off.
they aren't starving and i don't believe they're disenfranchised. most never went to school let alone college, most (even the 12 year olds) mix in a world of violence. here in the filipines people forcibly educate their kids to get out of deprivation. in the uk they say fuck it, we can scrounge our way through life. the rioters stole; not because they were poor or disenfranchised but because they thought they could get away with it. one of the clips showing the police arresting someone had a part where the stolen clothes were in the boot of the thiefs car. if he (a young ) can afford a car he's not so poor.
and during the riots, i'd bet that an extremely large percentage weren't let out at all. i think when they do the logistics, we'll see 90% or more of those teens and pre-teens come from the inner cities. i went through the rights 20 odd years ago and it was exactly the same thing. i never took part but i rode round on my motorbike and witnessed it. the wealthy marched and the poor looted. being poor doesn't give anyone the right too loot. and being 12 isn't an excuse. yes social changes need to be made but they never will be, we all realise this and as such we do what we can. the media pointed out all the designer shoes looters were wearing. that normal innercity wear.
many are snide but the media doesn't care as long as they can mouth off.
they aren't starving and i don't believe they're disenfranchised. most never went to school let alone college, most (even the 12 year olds) mix in a world of violence. here in the filipines people forcibly educate their kids to get out of deprivation. in the uk they say fuck it, we can scrounge our way through life. the rioters stole; not because they were poor or disenfranchised but because they thought they could get away with it. one of the clips showing the police arresting someone had a part where the stolen clothes were in the boot of the thiefs car. if he (a young ) can afford a car he's not so poor.