It seems that I have returned from London at the right time as waves of violent riots have plagued the capital over recent nights and now appear to be spreading throughout the UK.
The riots followed a demonstration about the death of a man believed to have been shot by the police.
Social deprivation will forever be a ticking timebomb and discontented youths often turn to gang membership as a form of identification and feeling of well-being that they would be unable to feel otherwise.
Whether gang members are the primary perpetrators in the riots or not, a lack of education is responsible for much of this moronic behaviour that we are witnessing on our TV screens.
Anybody with a reasonable education and set of morals know that such behaviour is totally unacceptable. Did the parents of these kids teach them right from wrong or has living in poorer areas pissed these people off that much that the lure of a free HD TV become too strong for any applications of morals?
Whatever the reason for the shocking images that we are witnessing each night, I hope the government examine deep enough into the social fabric of these areas to get to the root of the problems and identify what on earth possesses these people to act this way, whether it be a severe hatred of the police or more complex underlying societal problems.
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