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London riots: Americans would have known how to respond to the violence and looting
Telegraph ^
| August 11th, 2011
| Tim Stanley
Posted on 08/13/2011 9:13:31 AM PDT by george76
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:13:33 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
To: george76
There were lots of good reasons why we left there.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:25:23 AM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(To ACLU & its plaintiffs: Stop dragging the public into your personal struggle w/ God. -Mark Baisley)
To: twistedwrench
I liked this portion.
"A lot of our problems probably stem from our emotional introversion. Americans vocalise their issues and their ideas about resolving them. Their society is far less stratified, far less neurotic than ours. The British live their lives through patterns of passive aggression (hating everyone, but never having the bad manners to say it) that inevitably erupt in occasional bouts of mysterious violence. And when they happen, we have no way of expressing why they happened. Our political leadership is inarticulate and out of touch. These last few days, the three main parties have displayed all the emotional sensitivity of a firm of particularly boring management consultants. In many ways, Americas social problems (especially race) are bigger than ours. But they are articulated better too."
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:25:36 AM PDT
by
ansel12
( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
To: george76
England needs a 2nd Amendment. When a police officer has to fill out papers in order to check out a weapon, he loses. When you have meeting with the politicians, trying to figure out what to do, you lose. They, and we, need to react to riots right now and sort it out later. Mistakes will be made but the people didn’t ask for the riots or to have their lives and businesses put in danger.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:26:42 AM PDT
by
RC2
To: george76
If these riots had taken place in America, the outcome would have been very different.Uh, like Watts?
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:34:26 AM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: george76
we need Oprahs help out of this mess.They are more than welcome to take Oprah off our hands.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:35:42 AM PDT
by
bgill
(just getting tagline ready for 6 months after '12 - Told you so.)
To: george76
Interestingly, we witnessed point number 3 this week. Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia’s speech was pretty much a call to stop the behavior.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:36:32 AM PDT
by
PrincessB
(Drill Baby Drill.)
To: george76
“Yahweh is a useful tool in these situations”
And they wonder what is wrong with their country. God is not a tool.
To: george76
Very glad I don’t live across the pond. Look forward to the battle here. Ain’t gonna be pretty.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:40:24 AM PDT
by
upchuck
(Rerun: Think you know hardship? Wait till the dollar is no longer the world's reserve currency.)
To: twistedwrench
These are my people. Where is the cooler?
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:40:51 AM PDT
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: george76
It also helps that many states have the Castle Doctrine. So if ten “urban youths” bust in your door, you are perfectly within your rights to cut all 10 of them down with a couple well placed shotgun blasts and all that's left for the authorities to do is haul away the bodies and pat you on the back.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:43:56 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: george76
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:47:50 AM PDT
by
NEWwoman
(God Bless America)
To: george76
Nothing like a dose of wood shampoo and buck shot and tear gas to get some ones attention. And after wards use the water cannon to wash down the mess. And before some one tells me I am over reacting, the NYPD has tear gas ready when ever there is the potential for any situation to get out of control. If it needs to be used it will.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:50:26 AM PDT
by
JimC214
To: george76
Americans better know, it is coming.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:52:21 AM PDT
by
depressed in 06
(I'll follow an eloquent Allen West out of hell.)
To: Psalm 144
In my Pickup, Were You at? :)
To: depressed in 06
Todays new rioters in America wear Union shirts.
SEIU predominant among them.
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posted on
08/13/2011 9:56:44 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: depressed in 06
Some of the Brit comments are realllly sad. The mighty Empire has fallen so far.
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posted on
08/13/2011 10:03:58 AM PDT
by
Mmogamer
(I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
To: apillar
Bad guys should “beware the green laser dot on their chest.”
That dot is the point of the bullets impact.
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posted on
08/13/2011 10:07:01 AM PDT
by
cpdiii
(Deckhand, Roughneck, Mud Man, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist. THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
To: Venturer
The SEIU symbol on a purple t-shirt front (usually size 3X on a Walmart stroller frame) makes a fine target.
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posted on
08/13/2011 10:14:33 AM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
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