Riots

[.: Laura :.]

Thoughts and feelings go out to all of us coping with this disgusting time of life, stay strong and buy yourself a baseball bat

[SnakeyJay]

Its sad and pathetic. Rioting NEVER brings the result people want. Its just fools that have found a reason to smash things up n steal..

[stephanbakir]

I haven't had to live through one, hope I never do :(

[daddy and son]

Have never experienced one first hand, hope I never do. What sparked it all?

[Gungirl]

I haven't had to live through one, hope I never do :(

I second this.. Im sorry for what you are going through. It must be awful :sorry:

[SnakeyJay]

I was in the oldham riots when they kicked off... scary as hell. It started this time because police shot a so called local gangster. So now theyre rioting against police brutality etc. Yet if somebody was terrorising any of their familys then theyd want help from the police. Sad

[Lankyrob]

They are rioting cos they are scum who see a chance to make a mess, burn some things, have a fight and steal stuff that they are too damn lazy to get off their asses and work to earn the money for. Let the police use live ammunition and save us all the hassle!

[stephanbakir]

Is it more or less safe indoors.

[Lankyrob]

Depends where you are - they are burning shops but lots of shops in London have apartments above them. :( The "gangsta" that was shot pulled a gun on police, he fired once, police fired once - police were more accurate and he was killed. The riots have nothing to do with it imo - just an excuse for the minority to pretend they have political motives when really they just like causing trouble.

[stephanbakir]

Invest in a paintball gun and go for the neck/face if they charge you, or just hit the nos on that chair and run their *** over.

[Lankyrob]

Thankfully we are in a small town - there was a disturbance about 8 miles away but we should be pretty secure where we are.

Best thing last night was the turkish community in london - they lined the streets where there shops were and refused to back down to the looters - none of their properties were damaged at all.

And today there is estimated to be 10 times the number of people on the street tidying up and helping people carry on with their lives - that is the face of England that should be on the news.

[stephanbakir]

I agree 100% :)

[infernalis]

I just watched a bunch of coverage, it's a war zone...

[TeaNinja]

is it bad that i have no idea what anyone is talking about?? i just now have my first day off work in a week or two lol.

[NennaMeerkat]

Is it any minority or race that is leading this particular riot? Or is it just a cluster fudge of random idiots? Personally though there seems to be a lot of general dis-rest all over the world. Wonder what has gotten so many people all wound up?

[.: Laura :.]

It's all kicking off where I am, looting, arson etc. Thankfully they haven't come to my work as of yet but we have been tipped off from the police that there are planned riots for the area this evening and I'm working till 9.30 :(

[Lankyrob]

Just a cluster fudge of idiots - tho certain racist sections are claiming it to be race riots there is a massive mish mosh of ages/races taking part.

[Lankyrob]

It's all kicking off where I am, looting, arson etc. Thankfully they haven't come to my work as of yet but we have been tipped off from the police that there are planned riots for the area this evening and I'm working till 9.30 :(


Laura - go home - or get your employers to arrange taxi's - as there is a defined risk and the police have told them your employers are responsible for ensuring you get home safely.

[NennaMeerkat]

Yeah I would be calling into work today and telling them that since the police warned of riots you are staying home. If nothing else heading home early before they get there. Who plans when it comes to riots though? Who calls into the police and say "Yeah the riot is moving to such and such street tonight at 9pm" Thought they would be much less predictable than that.

[stephanbakir]

Laura - go home - or get your employers to arrange taxi's - as there is a defined risk and the police have told them your employers are responsible for ensuring you get home safely.
^^This, Good luck Laura.

[Lankyrob]

Apparently the looter/rioters are organising through blackberry messaging - the police are monitoring it so they know roughly what is happening.

[TeaNinja]

lol, an angry mob united by blackberries......interesting.
take that technology xD

[.: Laura :.]

Unfortunately I've been informed to stay put till the **** pretty much hits the fan, the rioting is only like a mile away yet I'm instructed to keep trading till the mob moves here :/

[TeaNinja]

interesting. you'd think they'd pack it up for the day.

[stephanbakir]

Silly England... <3

[ilovemypets1988]

laura, i myself live in new addington and theyve started up here apparently, as for the rest of you, its just a bunch of mindless ****** who think they can get away with theft and rioting, i personally think they should bring bk national service or even ask for public volunteers to help deal with it all, go back to the way the government thought like in the 2 great wars, where the general public helped out with the raids and black outs, or shoot them all with high powered tranqs and arrest them, put them on a large boat and mooring them out at sea and let them fight it out between them.

[marvelfreak]

I say send the cop out with flamethrowers and set a few of this idiots on fire. Bet they settle down real fast.

[Lankyrob]

If foreign nationals invaded our cities and started looting and burning buildings then the armed forces would be sent in with live ammo to sort it out - Whats the difference to waht is happening now? Send in the Forces and sort it out!

[.: Laura :.]

Well myself and my place of work managed to survived the evening, hopefully when I open in the morning it will be just how I left it :/

[stephanbakir]

Good luck, you should request hazard pay for that crap. Can't believe they did made you work with that crap going on outside.

[.: Laura :.]

Thank you all for your support throughout the course of the day :) Hopefully tomorrow will be okay

[Lankyrob]

Best thing i heard today, spokesman for waterstoes ( huge book seller) said on the news in an interview "we will stay open, if they steal some books they might actually learn something!!"

[TeaNinja]

Best thing i heard today, spokesman for waterstoes ( huge book seller) said on the news in an interview "we will stay open, if they steal some books they might actually learn something!!"

lol, nice. :D

[SnakeyJay]

Best thing i heard today, spokesman for waterstoes ( huge book seller) said on the news in an interview "we will stay open, if they steal some books they might actually learn something!!"

Awesome!!! Just an amazing quote. :)

[stephanbakir]

Awesome quote.

[percey39]

Glad to hear you made it through the day without interuptions!! I hope all is well with you and Mark and that you both avoid any interaction between yourselves and these rioters!

[.: Laura :.]

Mark is fine thanks, he was lucky and managed to finish work at 5pm yesterday, unfortunately just before he left was when everyone got the call "if you're on lates tonight you are to stay on till further notice" :P