2011-08-10, 01:40 PM
There were a few cases of people rioting near the town I live. I was pretty ashamed to find out a few people I used to go to school with were out setting fire to peoples cars and looting shopping centres too. :/ There was an interview on the BBC with a few girls who were part of the riots and when asked why they were doing it they replied: "because of all the rich people and the government. f'ucking conservatives, yeah. or whoever it is in power." SERIOUSLY? Blaming the government when you're not even f'ucking sure who's in power? Makes me want to punch a kitten.
I've read a lot of articles about this and I've seen a lot of (often older) politicians/people with a vague degree of authority blaming social networking sites for the rate at which the riots escalated too. It's like they try to find any means possible to throw the blame at. #riotcleanup has been trending on Twitter yet people still seem to want to blame social media for this. Makes me angry.
I've read a lot of articles about this and I've seen a lot of (often older) politicians/people with a vague degree of authority blaming social networking sites for the rate at which the riots escalated too. It's like they try to find any means possible to throw the blame at. #riotcleanup has been trending on Twitter yet people still seem to want to blame social media for this. Makes me angry.