tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post4481320417817056477..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Terrorists, hooligans, vandals, blackguards.Wisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-68413647912822778652011-08-13T15:04:56.383-02:302011-08-13T15:04:56.383-02:30Sadly we now live in a world where only violent pr...Sadly we now live in a world where only violent protest hits the headlines and stands a chance of changing anything.<br /><br />Though why the Brit rioteers were taking their anger out on Footlocker rather than David Cameron or our rip-off banks or oil companies is anyone's guess and I have no respect for rebels without a cause.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-19461388363833680152011-08-12T15:28:37.282-02:302011-08-12T15:28:37.282-02:30So much injustice. So much rage. So much in the gr...So much injustice. So much rage. So much in the greedy hands of so few... All that forms a complete sentence in my brain are Kristofferson's lyrics "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02852119592451618703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88483840925464423622011-08-12T15:17:24.745-02:302011-08-12T15:17:24.745-02:30I Tweeted this. I really don't see why "w...I Tweeted this. I really don't see why "we" don't see that what we wreak on countries like Afhanistan / Iraq isn't heroism undertaken for the sake of liberty, and so on.Mictlantecuhtlihttp://profacero.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-65796161782439618372011-08-12T14:06:21.078-02:302011-08-12T14:06:21.078-02:30My sentiments, 100%. I'm linking to this on my...My sentiments, 100%. I'm linking to this on my blog.Hattiehttp://hattie.typepad.com/hatties_web/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-80309388586942807442011-08-11T22:25:57.400-02:302011-08-11T22:25:57.400-02:30I agree Nora, the voices will be silent, the lesso...I agree Nora, the voices will be silent, the lessons unlearned. Until the next time and the next time.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-23334459343890353202011-08-11T21:50:14.339-02:302011-08-11T21:50:14.339-02:30Their will be cosmetic band aids applied to the wo...Their will be cosmetic band aids applied to the wounds, but nobody will cure the wounds, I'm afraid.Irenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05043376053971475659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-46249650661431164522011-08-11T19:23:00.388-02:302011-08-11T19:23:00.388-02:30I, too, Nick, feel we are on the cusp of more poli...I, too, Nick, feel we are on the cusp of more police presence, a la "Home Security" or a genuine wish for those lost voices to be heard and included.<br />Call me Pollyanna :)<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-50021207157690411912011-08-11T17:48:19.706-02:302011-08-11T17:48:19.706-02:30Indeed, the riots have got the attention of the wo...Indeed, the riots have got the attention of the world. But it's the attention of the British government they need, and that's what they might get for a week or two before they're swept under the carpet again now that order has been restored.<br /><br />The government must be really worried about disorder during the Olympics next year, but whether they plan to take young people's despair seriously or just increase the police presence on London streets remains to be seen.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-88538603186443714182011-08-11T17:43:26.504-02:302011-08-11T17:43:26.504-02:30Veep:
Ah! If only it were that simplistic!
XO
WWWVeep:<br />Ah! If only it were that simplistic!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-19581800109744875072011-08-11T17:42:23.190-02:302011-08-11T17:42:23.190-02:30I'm with you on that, T. It will take decades ...I'm with you on that, T. It will take decades though the culling has begun.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-47457817203664937702011-08-11T17:17:46.040-02:302011-08-11T17:17:46.040-02:30A roast in every oven and a Volvo in every garage?...A roast in every oven and a Volvo in every garage?ViewPoint2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/01220005318305605072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-53980850527125651042011-08-11T17:04:19.721-02:302011-08-11T17:04:19.721-02:30Indeed! It'll have to carry on this way if an...Indeed! It'll have to carry on this way if anything is to change in any substantial way. It's sad and a sorry reflection on those in power.<br /><br />Still - one day there will have to be an end to it all, as there was to the Irish Troubles which had simmered and boiled over more than once, into mainland England. It took decades and blood and pain and loss of many lives, gargantuan effort and understanding. This current episode of revolt, after it has spread, as it will, will take a lot more and a lot longer to sort out. I'm thinking a decade or two at least. We're just on the fringes of it now.<br />:-(Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.com