Utterly stupefying. From the pictures I've seen, it looks like selfish teenagers breaking and stealing stuff for teh lulz - internet juvenile delinquency, but on a massive scale.
Courage to the people of the UK...
There was a really interesting couple of snippets from teens that the BBC had interviewed.
One was a young girl, about 16-18 holding a can of beer, basically ranting how the police and others didn't respect them. And that all the civil unrest was down to a simple lack of respect towards the younger generations.
Then another snippet was a radio interview with two young girls from one of the worst hit areas. These two girls again sounding between 16-18. They bragged about breaking into an off-license to steal some wine and other alcohol, which they then bragged they were drinking at 9am(because they were so hardcore).
When the BBC journalist then asked why they were doing it, especially in their own communities they admitted it was for the fun mainly for the laugh. Then when pressed about why they targeted stores they said it was because the owners were more wealthy than they were. They then went onto claim that it showed people who actually holds the power.
Now these stores were mainly family run businesses. Local stores, off-licenses, takeaways, news agents and the such. Hardly any of them were chain stores. All were places that people had to work hard for in order to make them a success.
This is what annoys me about this entire situation. The fact that it was all essentially mindless violence and criminality. There was no motive behind this. No political agenda. No point to any of it other than sheer thuggery.
The original message of the initial protest was lost when the thugs and anarchists joined in.
