UK riots: Shoot looters!

they were taking the flat screen tvs off the walls

A well-argued opinion to be sure, but one with little accuracy I fear. The British police have almost no influence over the American Twitter.

"Jon Ribbens" wrote

But they have influence over ISPs based in the UK, and could ask for Twitter to be blocked - which I believe to be perfectly possible.

John.

Nobody's organising anything criminal on Twitter.

People are using it to find out which stations are open, where they can meet to clean up after the riots and which areas are worth avoiding.

So why would you want to keep law-abiding people in the dark?

A giant pony wearing a top hat.

They could ask, but without a court order they wouldn't get. And blocking access to a website is more complex than it seems. Not to mention that it wouldn't block access via mobile phone apps, anyway.

Mark

"DVH" wrote

Bowler actually.

John.

On Tue, 9 Aug 2011 20:25:46 +0100, in uk.politics.misc, "DVH" , wrote

Far be it from me to say that you what you are doing is not admirable, but i wonder if, taking the situation into account, you can see the irony of it.

I see the irony in most things. Life is one long joke!

But I blat on regardless :-)

Some rather pathetic individuals are trying to:

Yes, and then to compound irony upon irony upon irony .. f*ck I've lost count of the sliding doors on this one .., NATO can send in forces to protect the 'innocent civilians' from armed reprisals from the state

He seems to be trying very hard to belong, what with his street lingo, and all.

Perhaps he's compensating for something?

So I was close.

Was it rioting?

So I was close.

Was it rioting?

Bent scientists, bent politicians, bent/rambo police, bent bureaucrats, watermelon science, voodoo economics, girls in the armed forces, government from Belgium and now race riots.

Glad I am not there.

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That's true of any economic activity, provided it's not practised by idiots.

Even the nurse with the heart of gold has bought low (her training) and sells higher.

At which point it would start making a hash of it, and prices would go up.

There is no earthly way government could achieve the price freezes/reductions Tesco have achieved over 20 years.

The profit motive is truly a miracle.

There is no earthly way government could achieve the price freezes/reductions Tesco have achieved over 20 years.

New Zealand isn't a part of the Global Village, then?

Sad to say then that your mate is a slightly lower lifeform than the looters :(

Is his shop worth a lengthy prison spell if not life for seriously injuring or killing a looter?

I doubt self-defence would cut-it with the court, given the degree of premeditation.