You don't crap on your own back yard!

There has been a lot on the new about the riots and I think that every one has something to say.
For a start there is never an excuse for the behaviour and complete disregard for others full stop. Although there is no excuse there has been a fair few made one of which was that there is no where for young people to go these days and there are not enough youth programs to stop them getting in to trouble. I do not disagree that better youth programs would be beneficial to keep them from just hanging around the street but the mischief you expect them to get on to is heckling passers by playing knock knock run or at worst tea peaing someone’s house non of which I approve of and none of which would go unpunished if it was my child involved but all of which may be given the excuse that they had nothing to do and nowhere to go.
The term mindless violence has been given to the acts of the rioters but for me that is letting them off with not understanding what chaos and destruction they were doing. They knew full well what they were doing, the lives and livelihoods they were destroying and they simply did not care. They did not care if there were men, women, children or elderly in those building they were burning. They did not care that they were stealing from local businesses who’s owners would now struggle to pay there bills and feed their family’s. they did not care fear and upset they left the community with, the emotional scarring that may take a life time to heal. They did not care that this was their home as well, they obviously have not heard the term “you don’t crap in your own back yard. I think a better term should be careless violence for the acts of these despicable gang of youths.
You may have also read about the young woman who was to be in the 2012 Olympics. Chelsea Ives was arrested after being turned in by her mother for being involved in the riots. I can not understand why a girl with such promise would lower herself to such a despicable standard and through her feature away. I do not know from what I have read weather she will still be taking part in the 2012 events but I hope she is denied the honour as she no longer deserves it.
On a happier note there were more people there the next morning to clean up the mess than there were that did there very best to destroy a community, which just shows that you can knock people down but they will get back up again. The lives of those effected by the rioters will with time and the support of the united community get back to normal but the lives of the rioters may be ruined forever and they have only got themselves to blame.
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