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London rioters: 'Showing the rich we do what we want'
British Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 8/9/11 | Staff

Posted on 08/09/2011 11:32:41 AM PDT by Nachum

Two girls who took part in Monday night's riots in Croydon have boasted that they were showing police and "the rich" that "we can do what we want". The pair who were drinking wine looted from a local shop at 09:30 BST on Tuesday morning, spoke to the BBC's Leana Hosea. Croydon was one of several areas plagued by unrest on Monday night, on a third night of riots in the capital. There were also violent scenes in several other English cities.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: london; rich; rioters; showing
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To: Nachum

Any media believing sheep here still claiming this is all about “making right” a police shooting? I know there were a few on FR over the weekend that were on the side of the protesters. Where are they now?

Who’s rioting? It’s Anarchist. It’s Socialist. And it’s opportunist.


21 posted on 08/09/2011 12:05:03 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: lone star annie

“I have been to London twice and most recently this Spring. Most of the “rich business owners” I saw were either Indian or Muslim. This might be what is really happening—a protest against Asians.”

The pretty blond shop owner standing in front of her little store, the BBC interviewd this morning, shure didn’t look Muslim to me. Or Rich for that matter.


22 posted on 08/09/2011 12:08:23 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Nachum

Virtue is priceless, and in that they’re quite poor.


23 posted on 08/09/2011 12:10:39 PM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: Nachum

I was just reading of Ann Coulter’s new book “Demonic”, where she describes what the berserk mobs did in the French revolution. It was strikingly like what’s happening in Britain. It was a lot like L.A. or Detroit in the 60s but worse.


24 posted on 08/09/2011 12:10:48 PM PDT by RoadTest (Organized religion is no substitute for the relationship the living God wants with you.)
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To: pieceofthepuzzle

I think that pretty much covers it.

Yup, someone who worked hard and has more than you do because they earned it = rich.


25 posted on 08/09/2011 12:13:51 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average.)
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To: MrB

I seriously doubt these people are “rich” they are more than likely simple shopkeepers struggling to stay afloat. Pay bills like everyone else.

Dem yutes? Should try working , scrimping and saving to put a business together. What retards, lacking the common courtesy , respect of property rights, and demonstrating total failings in foresight. Somebody should impede on their life rights starting with burning their homes.

And you are right. What would happen if the shop keepers shut down their shops and stayed home?


26 posted on 08/09/2011 12:14:05 PM PDT by himno hero (Obamarisk)
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To: RoadTest

“It was a lot like L.A. or Detroit in the 60s but worse.”

The L.A., Detroit, or even the Seattle WTO riots can be measured in blocks. What we are seeing in England can’t be measured. Looking at the maps of where the riots are happening, it is like an out of control wild fire jumping from one area to another.


27 posted on 08/09/2011 12:16:22 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: Nachum

Too bad Britain outlawed guns.


28 posted on 08/09/2011 12:18:55 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Palter
Well the difference is that the "rich" pay for their cars and cell phones by working hard and earning money.

The poor pay for their cars and cell phones with money given to them by the government.

29 posted on 08/09/2011 12:30:39 PM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
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To: Nachum
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30 posted on 08/09/2011 12:34:09 PM PDT by baddog 219
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Damn! I guessed wrong. I didn’t stop to think that there could’ve been an Amish diaspora. I’ll bet there could be Amish anywhere there’s a riot.


31 posted on 08/09/2011 12:37:01 PM PDT by x1stcav (Obama: The Mistake of '08.)
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To: Nachum

These riots are poor versus rich only to the extent that the members of the Third World want to speed up their conquest of a sick Western country. In more realistic times the present action by the Third World invaders would be called the start of the “Sack!”


32 posted on 08/09/2011 12:40:44 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Nachum

Hey rich people, take your savings and run away from that wasteland. When these young POS thugs realize there is no one to feed them anymore they will start killing off each other.


33 posted on 08/09/2011 12:45:44 PM PDT by mark3681
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To: Red Badger

Then answer the yobs with this:

Beat On The Brat”, by the Ramones

Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat
Oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh.

What can you do?
What can you do?
With a brat like that always on your back
What can you do? (lose?)

BTW, I think yob in Russian translates to the f-bomb. Fitting.


34 posted on 08/09/2011 12:55:00 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (FUBO, the No Talent Pop Star pResident.)
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To: Vision

“Sounds like welfare should be cut.”

They’ll do the exact opposite, wait and see.


35 posted on 08/09/2011 1:21:58 PM PDT by DB
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Take the ancient romans. There’s only a matter of degree between knowing the vandals are coming, and having them drinking from your wine vats, raping your daughters, and knocking the peckers off the statues.


36 posted on 08/09/2011 1:25:04 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: Red Badger

For the visual:

Anarchy in the UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQkActP-isE

London Calling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lotkzHsIuoA&feature=related

Maybe it’s time for the shopkeepers and citizens to get busy:

Firestarter, Zimmer’s version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQFLGxM6xs&feature=related


37 posted on 08/09/2011 2:45:24 PM PDT by AliVeritas (Pray. For all the latest, check out: http://directorblue.blogspot.com/)
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To: Nachum; SunkenCiv
I have got to share this with you. Joke of the Day!

The rioters have been recognized as the legitimate government of Britain by Qaddafi.

38 posted on 08/09/2011 9:22:18 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: BlackVeil

“The rioters have been recognized as the legitimate government of Britain by Qaddafi.”

Ha!


39 posted on 08/09/2011 9:25:55 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: BlackVeil; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks BlackVeil!.
The rioters have been recognized as the legitimate government of Britain by Qaddafi.

40 posted on 08/10/2011 4:49:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Yes, as a matter of fact, it is that time again -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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