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As politicians call for more online controls after London and Norway, authoritarian states are watching Evgeny Morozov The Wall Street Journal 8/13/2011 Did the youthful rioters who roamed the streets of London, Manchester and other British cities expect to see their photos scrutinized by angry Internet users, keen to identify the miscreants? In the immediate […] August 16th, 2011 | Tags: Democracy, hypocrisy, mobile phones, riots, violence | Category: Censorship, China, Europe, Great Britain, law enforcement, Politicians, Social networking websites, technology, United States, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Theodore Dalrymple Chicago Sun-Times 8/12/2011 The ferocious criminality exhibited by an uncomfortably large section of the English population during the riots of the last week has not surprised me in the least. I have been writing about it, in its slightly less acute manifestations, for the past 20 years. To have spotted it required no […] August 13th, 2011 | Tags: 'culture of dependency', British Fabian Socialists, intelligentsia, popular culture, riots, subsidies, violence, welfare | Category: Crime, Education, Entitlements, Great Britain, Progressives, Socialism, unemployment | Comments are closed
Edmund DeMarche FoxNews.com 8/11/2011 Britain said Thursday that it would seek U.S. law enforcement advice on fighting gang violence as the U.K. deals with riots that have gripped several of the country’s cities. Prime Minister David Cameron, who has summoned lawmakers back to Parliament because of the crisis, said he would act “decisively to restore […] August 12th, 2011 | Tags: Bill Bratton, Boston, gangs, London Metropolitan Police, Los Angeles, New York, PM David Cameron, riots, violence | Category: California, Crime, Great Britain, law enforcement, Massachusetts, New York, political correctness, Socialism, United States | Comments are closed
Because it’s already 4:30 in the afternoon in Great Britain… “This is not about poverty, it’s about culture. A culture that glorifies violence, shows disrespect to authority, and says everything about rights but nothing about responsibilities.” ~British Prime Minister David Cameron
H/T Althouse Please read the full text of the […] August 11th, 2011 | Tags: Bill Bratton, British Parliament, Mark Duggan, PM David Cameron, riots, Tariq Jahan, Tottenham, violence | Category: Censorship, Crime, Entitlements, Great Britain, law enforcement, Quotations, Social networking websites, Socialism, technology | Comments are closed
Melanie Phillips The Daily Mail [UK] 11th August 2011 So now the chickens have well and truly come home terrifyingly to roost. The violent anarchy that has taken hold of British cities is the all-too-predictable outcome of a three-decade liberal experiment which tore up virtually every basic social value. The married two-parent family, educational meritocracy, […] August 11th, 2011 | Tags: "Little Britain", "Lord of the Flies", Ann Coulter, British Fabian Socialists, class warfare, Ezra Levant, Feminism, Harriet Harman, John Bolton, Labour Party, Michael Ramirez, morality, multiculturalism, parents, PM David Cameron, riots, Robert Spencer, Tony Blair, Vicky Pollard, violence, welfare state, William Golding, Wisconsin State Fair | Category: corruption, Crime, Entitlements, Great Britain, Humor, law enforcement, Marxism, Progressives, Property rights, Socialism, Video, Wisconsin | Comments are closed
Terrific!… London Locals Chase Rioting Goons From Neighborhood (Video) Jim Hoft GatewayPundit 8/9/2011 Enough Is Enough. London locals had enough of the recreational rioting and chased the hoodlums down the street. Russia Today reported, via Free Republic:
From the Video: Londoners took to the streets to protect their neighbourhoods on Tuesday night after […] August 10th, 2011 | Tags: "The Day of Rage", anarchists, BlackBerry, British Socialist Workers Party, Egypt, Enfield, gun control, London, Research In Motion Ltd., riots, Sameh Naguib | Category: Crime, Economy, Great Britain, law enforcement, Marxism, Social networking websites, Socialism, technology, United States, Video | Comments are closed
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