What's up with London? (riots, merged)

[Paul Riley]

I have always liked that Ghandi quote (which Steve included) about change in the world,and he had brown skin,surely I cant be THAT racist can I? I actually admire the little fellow for his guts and standing up for himself in the face of overwhelming hostility.
So,from Ghandi's lesson,in order for these criminals to change that are causing all this mess in Britain we need to see a mass if not TOTAL transformation in the consciousness of youths today,and how the hell do we go about achieving that? when they are so indoctrinated with feeling 'left out' by the government,and listening to some rap music doesnt help them either,not to mention the drugs and alcohol they are pumping into their bodies from a young age.
I think building more (not knocking them down!) youth centres (like I had as a kid) where they can blow all this excess steam off could help,initially at least.However this probably needs to be done from a VERY young age to get them on the right track,some of these older ones today are lost in oblivion.
It truly is the 'system' to blame,and we are all paying for that right now.

[Sailor Steve]

^^^ Good questions, and ones for which I have no answers at all.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Steve is the SUBSIM daddy

[razark]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Steve is the SUBSIM daddy

Even when you disagree with him, he's worth listening to.

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by razark

Even when you disagree with him, he's worth listening to.

Well he poleaxed me with his post with the Ghandi quote,I had to agree with everything he highlighted.

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Steve is the SUBSIM daddy

Come ere!,who's yer daddy!

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Steve is the SUBSIM grand-daddy

Fixed.






*runs*

[Betonov]

He's more like a consigliere of the forum, and Jim is the godfather

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Betonov

He's more like a consigliere of the forum, and Jim is the godfather

Oh I wouldn't go that far...but I do wonder when people PM you asking for advice then agree with your response and then ignore it

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Oh I wouldn't go that far...but I do wonder when people PM you asking for advice then agree with your response and then ignore it

You shoulda made 'em an offer they couldn't refuse.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Betonov

He's more like a consigliere of the forum, and Jim is the godfather

No, Neal is the godfather. Jim is the enforcer.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Fixed.






*runs*

Just be grateful there's someone here old enough to call you "little girl"...









MOM!

[Betonov]

No, Neal is god. We rarely see or hear him, but all our alter ego's can be killed by his godly wrath

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, Neal is the godfather. Jim is the enforcer.

Jim is Luca Brasi? I thought he slept with the fishes!

[MH]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

I have always liked that Ghandi quote (which Steve included) about change in the world,and he had brown skin,surely I cant be THAT racist can I? I actually admire the little fellow for his guts and standing up for himself in the face of overwhelming hostility.
So,from Ghandi's lesson,in order for these criminals to change that are causing all this mess in Britain we need to see a mass if not TOTAL transformation in the consciousness of youths today,and how the hell do we go about achieving that? when they are so indoctrinated with feeling 'left out' by the government,and listening to some rap music doesnt help them either,not to mention the drugs and alcohol they are pumping into their bodies from a young age.
I think building more (not knocking them down!) youth centres (like I had as a kid) where they can blow all this excess steam off could help,initially at least.However this probably needs to be done from a VERY young age to get them on the right track,some of these older ones today are lost in oblivion.
It truly is the 'system' to blame,and we are all paying for that right now.

Maybe the 'blame the system' attitude is the problem to begin with.
People want nowadays everything handed to them on silver platter.
If not done, its the system to blame so **** the system lets riot.
Im not saying that its all well in western world but we got spoiled and its hard to take a step back.
People want everything at once and blame the system when thrown out of their homes.
People vote for politicians who are ready to give away everything on silver platter for a chair in parliament,then whine few years later about deficit and depression.
Now you have politician who tights the budget and well... it a riot.
OK its system to blame as representative of its people.
Just like spoiled 6 year old kids that go nuts in a shopping mall when mom doesn't buy the toy...

well....somthing like that....lol

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by MH

Maybe the 'blame the system' attitude is the problem to begin with.
People want nowadays everything handed to them on silver platter.
If not done, its the system to blame so **** the system lets riot.
Im not saying that its all well in western world but we got spoiled and its hard to take a step back.
People want everything at once and blame the system when thrown out of their homes.
People vote for politicians who are ready to give away everything on silver platter for a chair in parliament,then whine few years later about deficit and depression.
Now you have politician who tights the budget and well... it a riot.
OK its system to blame as representative of its people.
Just like spoiled 6 year old kids that go nuts in a shopping mall when mom doesn't buy the toy...

well....somthing like that....lol

You're right what you say