Vodafone Waste Their Money
In the Evening Standard tonight amongst the reports of the riots was a Vodafone advert with the headline Free iPhone4 for summer.
Hasn’t anybody who wants one, nicked it by now?
The phone might be free, but you have to pay forty pounds a month to use it.
Ken Calls For Water Cannon
Ken Livingstone has called for water cannon to control rioters. How very progressive!
If This Man is a Preacher, I’m a Zebra
I’ve read about quite a few child abuse and mad religious cases, but this surely is the worst I’ve ever seen.
Warren Jeffs reputedly had seventy-nine wives. That sounds like seventy-nine too many for their sake!
I would feel that nearly every good Christian, Jew, Muslim, Humanist, Hindu, Sikh or Athiest, feels that if someone needs to be locked up as a menace to women and children, it is Warren Jeffs.
Let’s Get Scientifically Correct About These Riots
Everybody is making all sorts of statements about the riots. Many of them are based on idle speculation or entrenched views and quite a few are racist.
We need to have scientifically correct facts.
Let’s start with a database of all the arrests, where suspects are listed. Perhaps a database could contain the following data for each arrest.
- Sex
- Age Range – say 15-24, 25-34 etc.
- Ethnicity
- Education Level
- Suspected Crime
- Post Code of Crime
- Employment Status
- Relationship Status
- Housing Status
- Distance between Crime and Place of Abode
Only when we properly analyse data like this can we make appropriate judgements.
If you think this is all very cloud-cuckoo thinking, I know that the Metropolitan Police have analysed all vehicles stops, where the vehicle was missing one of excise duty, insurance or MOT. The results were interesting and have been used to modify police methods to cut crime.
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.
The Anonymous Widower 