but the circumstances at the moment are pretty fucking unclear
Why these people chose not to riot when Ian Tomlinson was murdered I do not know.
The Turks in greenlanes didn't have a bar of it , they soon got rid of the little fuckers alot quicker then the old bill would have.
bring the fucking army in, i doubt they would be so brave if they had squads of rifles with live ammo pointed at them would they?
This is quite odd in comparison to Northern Ireland. Every year there are riots here, but almost immediately the police move in with rubber bullets and water cannons - is that not happening over there? I'm pretty sure the 'youths' looting everywhere would think twice if there was a risk of the above. It's just going to cost more money to fix...
Erm... this is a democracy. No democracy turns its military against its civilians. Apart from the US.
Iranians are utterly bemused at the suggestion that the rioters should be confronted with increased force - yes, Iranians. That's the view from somewhere where society isn't quite as stratified and they haven't quite lost their grip on the responsibility of the state towards the individual.
Shame about the ayatollahs and their barminess, but even that's more sane than people baying for the blood of kids just because they're smashing up a few chain stores.