No no no no no! That is never going to work!

...and I quote;

"MPs and justice campaigners say some of the sentences given to those involved in the riots in England are too harsh.
On Tuesday two men were jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite riots and another was given 18 months for having a stolen TV in his car.
Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake said sentences "should be about restorative justice" not retribution. [...] Andrew Neilson, of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: "A four-year sentence would normally be associated with offences such as holding someone up at knife point, grievous bodily harm, sexual assault, and I'm not sure that the offence in question was really related to those types of offences."*

No!
No no no!

Ugh.


For goodness sake! Let's get back to basics here. Let me explain something about the human psyche. And this is not complex psychology, t'aint even remotely Freudian my friends. It's a little something I like to call Common Sense. Now, this may be an unfamiliar term, this Common Sense thing. These days it is almost non-existent, and has been utterly and totally obliterated by a little something called Health and Safety, or as I like to call it, Bullshit.
All humans are born with some modicum of Common Sense. Sometimes, people like www.Hadatriporfallatwork.Iknow!Suetheboss.com are able to eradicate Common Sense in some individuals through the power of Free Money. But for most people, Common Sense remains, lurking in the deep dark recesses of their brains.

Now, let me explain how this works;

1. Child puts finger into candle flame because it is pretty.
2. Candle flame might be pretty, but it's also bloody hot.
3. Child burns their finger on candle flame
4. It hurts. A lot.
5. Child does not do that again, because it hurts.

or;

1. Rioter steals telly, because it is pretty.
2. Old bill arrest rioter because stealing is illegal.
3. Rioter goes to prison. Prison is horrible.
4. Rioter finally gets out of prison and doesn't steal any more tellys.
5. Rioter doesn't fancy ending up in prison again. Prison is horrible.


It's called Common Sense people!!

Ugh.


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*Quote taken from the BBC website here.

Riots, Race Relations and Coalminers and things

Well, ever since these riots began, I have been telling anyone and everyone who will listen that the BNP are going to have a field day with this one once it's all over. And that those idiots who started the riots have just strengthened the perception that all black people are evil telly-stealing thieves tenfold. Well done guys! Have a gold star. You've done wonders for race-relations and just fuelled the BNPs campaigns for the next ten years!

Cretins.

Anyhow, I've always had a soft spot for the BNP, firstly because they're silly policies are always good for a laugh. And secondly, because I can see potential there. I know this is a controversial view, and the BNP are essentially a bunch of flag-waving racists. But they are a bunch of flag-waving racists who don't half give a good speech on Patriotism. And Patriotism is something this country could do with a bit more of in my opinion. Less of the "it's all going to the dogs!" and more of the "well, isn't the NHS a bloody good idea." Sadly however, burning all the jews ain't the way to go about it. So for the time being, the BNP are relegated to the silly camp. (More on this here and here for anyone who is interested)

Anyway, back to the Field Day. I found this article on their website:

"In this multicultural ‘utopia’ – why does one community demand to be treated differently to the others?"

And I had a good old giggle over this quote:

"While the Lib/Lab/Con-supporting mainstream media has already sought to change the truth by printing many pictures of white-skinned rioters and looters with only the occasional black face shown"

No, actually, they haven't. Hate to break it to you guys, there are plenty of pictures of both. I know this, I spent last tuesday glued to both the BBC and Sky's live riot news. The whole 1984 attitude that the government control the media and use it for a good old bit of brainwashing really does irritate me a lot. 2 + 2 will never equal 5, no matter what the conspiracy theorists would have you believe. And no, Big Brother is not watching you! He has better things to do.

But I rather liked this quote:

"People who do not work when they can, who continually produce and raise children with no father around, who do not ensure that their children at least learn to read, write and speak recognisable English, and who allow their children to grow up with no ambitions and to feel that the world owes them something and has let them down are people who take no responsibility for their own lives and simply rely on others to provide for them and take the blame when their lives don’t match up to what they seem to think they should."

Goodness gracious me! Did the BNP just agree with David Cameron on something...?
Well, almost. The only difference is that the BNP, predictably, blame the whole thing on immigration. And Cameron, well, he's been very careful about blaming anyone. He's merely been stating the fact that there are a "group of people within our society that...feel the world owes them something" I have to say, I prefer how the BNP said it. But then they're not really real politicians, so they can say what they like.
I do wish the Conservatives were able to stop trying to be nice and just come out with it. The benefit system is a good idea badly executed, and certain bits of it just need to go. I'd love to help write their posters!

"Enough is Enough. We've cut the deficit, and now we're going to cut the freeloaders. Cut their benefits and then cut them up into little teeny tiny pieces!! Ooh yeah, we're back in business baby! And this time there ain't no coalminers to strike over things!"


I hope no one ever allows me to take up politics in earnest y'know...

RIOTS - Ruddy Idiots On Tottenham's Streets!

What a bunch of plonkers Rodney!

Yes, well, the "Tottenham Riots", which seem to now be the "Any city there's good shops to rob Riots".

So, lets get the facts out of the way first:

1. Man with gun got shot by police.
2. People had a protest about it.
3. More people arrived and started smashing windows and stealing things.
4. Everyone loves a bit of free shit, so half the bloody country joined in.

Firstly, I have to say I actually feel for this guys poor family. First they find out their son is a drug dealer who carried a gun. Then they find out the Old Bill have shot him, because he had a gun. And now a load of kids are stealing trainers from JJB Sports in his name. That is not going to help with the grieving process!

The lad who got shot is, of course, just an excuse now. I really do think Cameron hit the nail on the head when he spoke about "a group of people who...feel the world owes them something" being the root cause of the problem.
Oh bugger it, I'm gonna jump right in here...it's all Labour's bloody fault!! There's no such thing as a free lunch. No matter how much they'd have liked people to think otherwise, there really isn't. It was all going to go tits up one day, and now it has begun. People are angry because the current government are making cuts. Funnily enough, if the previous government hadn't been spending money that wasn't there, the current government wouldn't be making those cuts. When I was younger, my Mum warned me about credit cards. She warned me that it is very easy to balls it all up and end up owing money you can't afford to pay. I don't have any credit cards pretty much as a direct result of those warnings. I firmly believe credit cards are the Devil's Plaything and you won't catch me anywhere near one!! Someone really ought to have stepped in and pointed this out to the previous government. If it ever happens again, (Labour getting elected that is) I volunteer my Mum. She'd give 'em what for, and there would be no arguing the point!

Thing is, the benefit system is rubbish.* It encourages bone idleness. Too many people are able to claim free money for all sorts of ridiculous reasons. I have a 20-something friend whose working days I could probably count on one hand. She lives in a rather nice one bed flat with all expenses paid. For no apparent reason whatsoever other than sheer laziness. I believe "I'm allergic to work" is a viable thing to stick on a benefit claim form these days!
The sickening thing is that if you take away the free houses from the scroungers, as by rights ought to be done, the scroungers will only be out looting JJB again to "protest". What's needed is a change of mentality. A change away from the assumption that the way to become independent and get your first place is not to work hard, and save up a deposit. It's to stick your name on the council list as early as humanely possible and sit tight at your mums until the council hand you a house on a plate.
How can we change that mentality? I honestly don't know. Well, if I was Prime Minister I would personally boot the whole bloody lot of 'em out to fend for themselves for a change whilst yelling "get a job you flamin' parasites!" as loud as I could. Problem Solved.

I do hope the current government sort it all out, and I do believe they're well on the way. Sadly, I also believe that more than good politics, a good PR agent is going to be the solution. Otherwise we're only going to end up with Labour again next time round and the whole bloody cycle will start all over. Failing that, everyone might be so thoroughly sick of the "Big Three" that we end up with the BNP, or worse, the bloody Green Party. And then, God help us all my friends, God help us all!!


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* I'd just like to add one little piece of pretty conclusive evidence that the current benefit system is, well, buggered. I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination, but I do run a business and I survive. But I am actually technically entitled to £400 a month of benefits. Yep. Me. Benefits. Oh do piss off! What on earth for? I have half a mind to claim it, demand it's paid in one pound coins, and then spend an afternoon throwing those coins at the council offices!!