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Originally Posted by Graham
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And then the front page(s) of today's newspaper(s) show black people clearly looting from a shop - knee deep in water! (New Orleans, in case you were wondering.)
I mean, these people are in a situation where lives are being lost, homes are being destroyed - a whole city is being wiped out!
And all they can think about is stealing a few pairs of shoes or some clothes? And that's not about poverty (just look at those pics - do they look poor? No.) it's about greed - it's opportunism.
Of course there are also full scale gang wars going on - but when Wal*Mart stocks handguns (when will Asda?) which are the looted, it's just asking for trouble.
On a slightly different, but related note - I passed through Liverpool St. Station today - as I went into the underground, I passed a couple of coppers 'interviewing' an asian looking lad (guess it must have been the bulky bag he was carrying) - taking notes. Five steps later - another copper, similarly interviewing another asian lad - ditto on the bulky bag btw. Another 5 steps further and we have another couple of coppers interviewing a black lad - ditto bulky bag. It was bizarre to see that.
But the police presence in London (particularly stations etc.) is very noticeable, everywhere.
But then, today there were further security alerts - which caused me to have to find a different route, so I resorted to shank's pony - always reliable!
I also thought it was very quiet on the trains/underground this morning - hardly seemed like 'rush hour' at all...
Think this has gone off topic enough.
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