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southantrim3
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I know the images from London, Birmingham etc are incredibly distressing & there is absolutely no excuse for any of it what so ever.
I have a huge sympathy for the innocent people caught up in this violence, coming from Northern Ireland, I know what it's like.
It seems very strange, however, that it just happened to take place at the same time as the stock markets are in free fall. I normally don't believe in coincidences but this one is very strange. The riots, rightly, have taken over the news, just at the same time when otherwise full focus would be on the economy.
I really hope I'm wrong but is there any sort of weight for the 2 events happening at the same time?
This is only one of many possible reasons.
I have a huge sympathy for the innocent people caught up in this violence, coming from Northern Ireland, I know what it's like.
It seems very strange, however, that it just happened to take place at the same time as the stock markets are in free fall. I normally don't believe in coincidences but this one is very strange. The riots, rightly, have taken over the news, just at the same time when otherwise full focus would be on the economy.
I really hope I'm wrong but is there any sort of weight for the 2 events happening at the same time?
This is only one of many possible reasons.
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I think its just mindless thugs with to much time on there hands and looking for attention and free stuff from the looting they are doing !0
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Criminal thugs. Time to bring in the army.“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.
Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”0 -
They should give out a warning, get off the streets and stop rioting or we'll skip the rubber bullets and water cannons and go straight onto live ammunition. That'd stop it.0
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The answer has been posted on this forum and would resolve all the problems with these idiots causing mayhem on the streets :-
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3390232=0 -
Maybe all those hoodies are upset at their losses on the stock markets....0
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pinkteapot wrote: »Maybe all those hoodies are upset at their losses on the stock markets....
LOL. They failed to put a stop loss on and are on the hook for a big margin payment!0 -
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KevInChester wrote: »They should give out a warning, get off the streets and stop rioting or we'll skip the rubber bullets and water cannons and go straight onto live ammunition. That'd stop it.
The police (and army) should be given the choice to do what they feel is necessary so no investigations into whether they went too far etc in the event of few deaths. In a riot situation anyone on the streets should be fair game to be whacked over the head with a truncheon until they stop moving.
Although in reality an investigation would have to take place in the event of a death, the police should be given the benifit of the doubt when they too are in a life and death situation, afterall the police are not there by choice but the rioters are.Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0 -
I think the coverage by the conventional mass media has probably fuelled the rioting.0
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Radiantsoul wrote: »I think the coverage by the conventional mass media has probably fuelled the rioting.
Its a pity the media have not had the opportunity to show mass arrests or rioters losing the battle with the policeChuck Norris can kill two stones with one birdThe only time Chuck Norris was wrong was when he thought he had made a mistakeChuck Norris puts the "laughter" in "manslaughter".I've started running again, after several injuries had forced me to stop0
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