England is in an absolute state right now. I always thought as a country on the whole, even with its downsides like bad weather (why so much rain!) and the occasional drunken idiot hanging about here or there, that we were decent. With scenes that have been going up and down the country, it kind of makes me sick of tired of people who just ruin our reputation. We already have the stigma attached to us when we Brits go abroad that we are loud, beer guzzling, and plain stupid yobs. This view is only going to worsen as news spreads around the world about the anarchy allot of people are bring to our streets and town centres. I was clinging on to a shred of hope that at least we Mancunians (people from Manchester for you who don't now) will not copy cat behaviour like those in Birmingham and Liverpool. That shred of hope was set on fire and turned to ash much like 'Miss Selfridge' and the 'Salford Precinct' was earlier today.
Seriously, what is wrong with society today? One catalyst in the form of the shooting of a black male by police in Tottenham, and the riot that then ensued by people protesting over said death, have given idiots across the country to riot and loot just because they can. Do you know what the majority of these people can't do? Contribute to society in anyway shape or form, they instead to choose destruction. What also sickens me is the age range of these looters, High School kids kicking in shop windows, attacking police and setting cars alight even with some of their parents egging them on. What great role models some people's parents are in this country. It's sad that the amounts of morals they have are probably the same amount of GCSE's they have. It seems thug behaviour is hereditary nowadays with thugs becoming parents and their children coming out exactly the same, it’s an endless cycle.
People may say society doesn't do enough for these people who feel so hard done by the 'system' that they must loot goods to make themselves feel better. Yes we are in an economic climate where jobs are harder to come by, buts that is no excuse for laziness and resorting to the dole without out any intent in find work. I honestly can't comprehend what must be going through these rioter's heads. How can you destroy and burn your own town to cinders? Independent businesses are going to suffer immensely from all the destruction, how is that fair? They pay taxes, which I bet most of these rioters don't, which are going to pay for the damage that has been caused throughout the country.
I saw one video where a young lad was slumped on the floor with blood pouring from his nose. My hope in humanity was slightly restored as two males went to help him up. Then they started to casually root through his bag that was on his back and take the contents. All I could think is 'Are you KIDDING me!?' People honestly make me sick, and one thing that I can say is that there is going to be a backlash on the Black community. After going through countless videos, a common theme was expressed in the comments throughout, how it only seemed to be BLACK people looting and rioting and how all of this was a BLACK man's fault. Seeing people divided by race is inevitable, and in some footage there were black people, but also many people of other races.
Racial profiling is going to be ever more present in society in the near future. All this has done is given racists and ignorant elitists the opportunity to have more hate towards blacks and Asians. Being a mixed race male (white and black Caribbean) I've not got allot of stick for my colour, I hang around with the right people and don't go near trouble, but I have had it when I used to play Sunday league football. On one occasion, with there being a few black males on my team, we were called 'monkeys' and monkey noises were made at us. Trust me that would get you mad, but do I hate a whole race for it? No, I'm not an idiot. I don't group together a whole race of people and have a set assumption of them. I get heckled every now and then, manly due to the fact that I have an afro, which in my opinion is absolutely ridiculous, if more prejudice comes the way of the black community because of a select amount of thugs and idiots, its going to make racial segregation more prominent and will breed more hate.
Why are these kids who think they are 'men' out torching and looting? Where are their parents? Why are they seemingly being aloud to do this? These are some of the question I and many over people we have. Well, David Cameron cut his holiday short, must have been an inconvenience to him, let’s see what he can do about it. My guess? Very little. The police should have it under control soon enough, but it’s too late for Manchester Arndale. They looted Foot Asylum understandably for shoes, but why did they have to touch Dawson and Afflecks? Idiots.
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