Friday 2 March 2012

How have British youth been represented through different media in the London riots?


UKIP leader Nigel Farage tweets: "Seeing pictures of looting whilst the police do nothing is frankly astonishing. That's not protesting, that's stealing."

Labour MP Diane Abbott tweets: "Message needs to go out to copycat looters that it's illegal, immoral and profoundly stupid.

Graphic charts riots Twitter activity


Metropolitan Police Commander Adrian Hanstock said: "This is not groups of people acting on behalf of communities or with any consent.
"This is individuals who are actually attacking communities, businesses, properties and houses and actually causing a huge amount of upset and criminality."

 "Obviously there are people in this city, sadly, who are intent on violence, who are looking for the opportunity to steal and set fire to buildings and create a sense of mayhem, whether they're anarchists or part of organised gangs or just feral youth frankly, who fancy a new pair of trainers."

Brand wrote that he has been trying to understand why the violence happened in the first place, agreeing that it is 'unacceptable' and 'unjustifiable,' but also added that we 'work out why so many people feel utterly disconnected from the cities they live in.'
'These young people have no sense of community because they haven't been given one. If we don't want our young people to tear apart our communities then don't let people in power tear apart the values that hold our communities together.
“Why am I surprised that these young people behave destructively, “mindlessly”, motivated only by self-interest? How should we describe the actions of the city bankers that brought our economy to it’s knees in 2010? Altruistic? mindful? Kind? But then again, they do wear suits, so they deserve to be bailed out, perhaps that’s why not one of them has been imprisoned. And they got away with a lot more than a few fucking pairs of trainers.”

Plato: “What is happening to our young people?They disrespect their elders; they disobey their parents. They ignore the law.Theyriot in the streets, inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?

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