Anarchy in London?

[lee1287]

Hardly anarch. People destroying shops because the government is cutting alot of stuff. Help the rich, forget the poor, way to go Cameron, you toffe nosed wanker.

 

[ratman995]

Also i am getting irrated by this anti socialist, Britain should be socialist as it is that to protect everyone. The capitalist system is evil, so to have the balance between capitalism and communism is a great thing and every country should take this system, especially America. America treats its poorer people like they are scum, we give healthcare for free so equality can be created

 

[Sarynroth]

I don't know much about politics, but I know what happens in town councils. I've sat in meetings about planning permission for building where twenty guys in suits all sit around grumbling to themselves, debating whether to allow regeneration in a poor factory area should be allowed to take place because one manhole might infringe on a public road and that means they'll have to get the highways agency involved, meaning another meeting with a different twenty guys in suits grumbling about whether the substation will be on public property so there's another meeting...

When the government cuts some of that shit out, then I'll listen to what they've got to say about cutting healthcare.

I definitely agree with you. My Dad who works in local government has gradually seen a relatively well functioning organisation descend into a complete shamble over the lst few years. The mentality seems to be lets get rid of of people so we can save money and contract work out to private companies. Unfortunately this requires meeting with senior officials to approve the departments spending and then you have to pay the contractors, so in all it ends up costing more and take longer than paying some guy to do the same job.

 

[Numb1lp]

I think violent protestors should be shot. It might be a bit extreme, but a coin covered firework could easily blind or kill a policeman who isn't wearing a riot helmet.

I agree force should be met with force, but shooting civilians could really turn the public against you.

 

[fix-the-spade]

Eh, it's a riot in London.

We have like, six, seven of those a year? No biggie.

 

[Magikarp]

That's the problem, what starts as a protest can easily escalate into looting. To be honest, I think looters, & thieves of any kind, should probably be shot as well.

 

[Valkyrie101]

Basically there is a large budget defecit of several dozen billion GBP per year that the government needs to make up for by borrowing money off countries with stronger economies. The new Conservative government are cutting public spending so that the future of Britain won't have to pay back ridiculously large sums of money. People don't want the government to stop providing public services/welfare so they protested. The protests aren't actually that bad though.

The amount of money Britain owes the rest of the world is so much that each person would have to pay £40,000. The average person earns between £25,000 and £30,000 per year. If we pay it slowly than the interest will increase and we will have to pay more.

Government spending cuts are a good thing. It's just silly that the budeget defecit has grown so much.

It's funny, because in 1997 we were solvent.

 

[PancakesSUCKTHEYDO]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TvpGw7xDv8[/youtube]

 

[Kinguendo]

"Demonstrators swarm central London to protest spending cuts"

You don't spend enough money on us so we are going to break shit!!!!
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Then you'll have to pay for the damage and have even less money for us!!!
YEAH!, We the people rule !


Why are people so stupid?

Not how it went at all, well done. You, the person, are so stupid.

See it as a caricature of event or a satire.

I wasn't commenting on how things went. I was merely pointing out the idiocy/irony in the fact that most in protest against governmental spending there is violence and vandalism, which ends up costing a lot.

I know that the violence always comes from a small minority. But since its about that minority that the newspaper talk, it makes an interesting contrast.

The next time you want to call someone an idiot, make sure you don't do it in an even stupider way.

Sorry but I dont accept the "Its a joke" defence... mostly because it nevers actually covers their original comment, just as your does not. Too bad old boy.