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Will there be more summer riots......because I could do with a new plasma TV.
Just kidding. Do you think there will be more riots this year? I think last year it was triggered by the heatwave. (And the heatwave the year before that made people crazy and there were two rampaging serial killers). Or do you think the rioters will be scared off because a lot of them were captured on CCTV.
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...I was thinking of this earlier today. I think that if any rioting does occur it will be in vain attempts by a minority to recreate the violence, but I think a lot less people will get involved and caught up in it because of the good job the police did in catching many rioters many months after the riots occurred.
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...There wont be another riot because as you said many people got caught. And it wasn't a heatwave that caused it and nobody cared about the guy who was shot (Mark Duggan I think) people just thought free ****, why not ? My younger brother actually had about 2 or 3 people on Blackberry messenger asking him to go saying ''Free ****'' and ''**** the police'' nothing about Mark.
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...Could your link be any more tenuous?(Original post by noobynoo)
I think last year it was triggered by the heatwave. (And the heatwave the year before that made people crazy and there were two rampaging serial killers). -
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...Then why aren't there riots all over the world every single summer? Or do heatwaves only affect people residing in the UK.(Original post by noobynoo)
I think last year it was triggered by the heatwave. (And the heatwave the year before that made people crazy and there were two rampaging serial killers) -
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...Oh you've said it now - prepare to be raided in the early hours of the morning by 400 police officers (because nothing beats a massive waste of people, time and resources when apprehending criminals does it?) for inciting riots, might want to pack... - see you in 4 years(Original post by noobynoo)
...because I could do with a new plasma TV. Just kidding. Do you think there will be more riots this year? I think last year it was triggered by the heatwave. (And the heatwave the year before that made people crazy and there were two rampaging serial killers). Or do you think the rioters will be scared off because a lot of them were captured on CCTV.
In all seriousness no I don't think we will... I think last year it was sparked by the police shooting of someone (can't remember the name of the guy they killed though) which then turned ugly and then turned just into general looting by people claiming to have some kind of vague political cause...which was non-existent.Last edited by TheHistoryStudent; 28-06-2012 at 00:01. -
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...As was the American revolution, the Russian revolution etc.(Original post by noobynoo)
...because I could do with a new plasma TV. Just kidding. Do you think there will be more riots this year? I think last year it was triggered by the heatwave. (And the heatwave the year before that made people crazy and there were two rampaging serial killers). Or do you think the rioters will be scared off because a lot of them were captured on CCTV.
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...(Original post by Spaz Man)
There's something about rioting that seems so un-British. Protests and strikes I understand but rioting just seems pathetic.
i would never understand rioters mind. -
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...Even if there were riots, it wouldn't affect me much. I work at an Optician's and it seems youth nowadays just don't fancy looting glasses and contact lenses. Odd eh.
On a slightly more serious note, I reckon there will be some form of rioting in the upcoming, considering the amount of cuts the new government has implemented, and the narrowing of benefit criteria by some councils, particularly on housing and disability allowance. But I don't see how that would have anything to do with the summer/heat. -
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Re: Will there be more summer riots...There was a heatwave last year?
All I remember is coming back from America and everyone was crazy and rioting and then it pissing it down for two months before I went back to uni.
Just kidding. Do you think there will be more riots this year? I think last year it was triggered by the heatwave. (And the heatwave the year before that made people crazy and there were two rampaging serial killers). Or do you think the rioters will be scared off because a lot of them were captured on CCTV.
