Save The Children and NSPCC Strike Themselves Off My Charity List
Last week Save the Children were chugging at the Angel.
Today it was the NSPCC.
Both charities are too arrogant to have an e-mail address on their web site, to where I can voice my disgust at their behaviour.
No Water Cannons or Rubber Bullets, But What About Smart Water Bombs?
Water cannons and rubber bullets, which have been called for by many commentators will only inflame the situation.
But what about plastic bags loaded with smart water! The chemicals in them make them absolutely traceable, so anybody with a particular chemical signature is immediately placed where the bomb was dropped on the protestors.
Once the rioters knew what was in the bombs, they might take the correct action and go home to bed!
Are The Riots Are The Girls Fault?
In all the pictures of the London riots there seem to be few women about except for victims.
But then how many self-respecting young ladies would want to be seen with the morons doing the damage?
So the calming influence that women generally bring to these situations isn’t there!
But then they have got much better things to do!
Wombles To The Rescue
This method was used in Vancouver to clean up after their riots. Here’s some details.
Are Our Riots Just The English Way of Protest?
Over the weekend, there were massive protests against the cost of living in Israel.
So they weren’t violent, but that may be the Israeli way.
There is no doubt there is a lot of disaffection in this country. So are the young just doing what they’ve always done and protest violently? In my lifetime we’ve had Teddy boys, Mods and Rockers and football holligans, all of whom came from the very violent tendency.
So now the poor are struggling with job losses, benefit cuts and pay day loan sharks, they might feel that the only way to get what they want is to loot it.
An Eloquent and Moving Letter Against the Death Penalty
This letter was published in the Times yesterday.
Sir, As a young police officer in 1953 I had to attend the Chester Assize Court when an 18-year-old was tried for the murder of his mother. He had quarrelled with her about a girlfriend and strangled her with his tie as she sat at the breakfast table. I watched in horrified fascination as a minister of religion placed a black cap on the judge’s head and the death sentence was passed. I recall reading later that it had been carried out.
Nothing will ever convince me that this boy’s death prevented anyone else being murdered. Since that moment I have been opposed to the death penalty. Even when the Moors murderers were convicted, I did not change my convictions. I am in my eighties now but it is an abiding memory. Perhaps if those wanting to bring back the death penalty had been there they would not be so keen.
As an aside here, C used to visit Holloway Prison in the 1970, where she met Myra Hindley amongst others. One of the warders she met, was one of those, who had taken Ruth Ellis to the gallows. That warden’s views had been totally changed by that horrific experience.
Is The Media Egging The Rioters On?
You’ve got wall-to-wall coverage of the riots on the television, reporting it in detail.
So when kids see the action, do they think they’d like a piece of that and get involved.
And then come back and watch the damage they’ve done on the box.
It’s a violent video game come to life and you’re part of it!
People though have always liked a good fire. I can remember my mother telling me how she watched the flames as Crystal Palace burned downed from Enfield.
And Now I’ve Got No Hot Water
This is only a small thing in the major scheme of things. But my hot water failed last week!
It appeared that my clothes washer had failed and had somehow buggered the main fuse box or at least the part of it that controlled the gas water heater.
It didn’t matter too much, as I only use hot water for showers and I could have them at my physio or as I did at the weekend at the hotel I stayed in at Plymouth.
The electrician came yesterday and found that Jerry had struck again, in that he’d not connected the electrics properly.
Once that had been sorted, it now appeared that that the cause of the failure wasn’t the washing machine, but the control system of the boiler had shorted. Obviously, at the moment, it was only set to provide hot water, but it does explain how sometimes in the winter, the house could never seem to get the temperature right.
And then guess what! The stand-by immersion heater doesn’t work. It must have failed some years ago, and the tenant and/or the landlord never got round to replacing it.
So never buy a house that has been rented without a full survey on all the electrics too!
The Anonymous Widower 