Perfect Storm: The English Riots Documentary [Archive]

Adam

08-24-2011, 02:55 AM

But the ones who the unjust society effects the most didn't riot. It was mainly teenagers. It wasn't any other demographic like single mothers, single dads, public sector workers etc...

It was bored teenagers. Bored teenagers do need something to do and once people get caught in a moment they'll end up doing stupid stuff that they'll regret the day or days after even if the police haven't caught up with them yet.

Each person had their own reason to be angry and I think this'll have to go down that the youth of the UK are generally pissed off. And bored. You can't get them all to volunteer to help make a better community, you can't tell them what to do as they'll do the opposite. Think about any time in life when you've got in trouble with the law or feeling mischievous - you was probably bored, these teens have been bored for years and one spark got them a few days of excitement after years of boredom - you're totally gonna go crazy.

Give them all a copy of WoW with free subscription and the problem becomes blizzards.

edit: disclaimer; I haven't fully watched the videos yet, just guessing what might be said

edit II: Watched it now. I kinda agree, I thought it was gonna blame a few single points. Most of the youth don't care about Libya or how low the FTSE is. They care they've got nothing to do while never been able to move up the social ladder.