Loz

... which is another reason why it would be better all round to allow the left-hand turners to use the entire length of the lane.

I assume all the shops boarded up, even the veggie shops. It wasn't so much looting, but that they seems to like smashing windows and setting fire to things. I doubt anyone made off with a three-piece suite before torching that furniture store in Croydon.

I am *loving* GreenMediaC's tweet...

No Sign = 24/7 apparently. According to the rules: Gulp. My approach is the same as ratty's.

Considering the ones he didn't disassociate himself from, how was was the *Junglebook* tweet? First I've heard of it. Interestingly, one of the White Supremacist groups was posting furiously on the group page on Monday night. At the time I just assumed they were making the most of an open thread with lots of passing people...

Msgee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...would the test be anything like the American > drunk tests? > > (starts practising walking in straight line just in case) You don't have to go perfectly down the middle, just try not to veer off too far to the left or the right.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is he making a gun shape with his right hand... > and pointing it at the bag of rice?? Yep. It's sort of like the photoshopping site, but this one is ridiculously real.

To be fair, the MPs did have to pay their dodgy expenses back. More of them could have been sent to prison, though.

suniil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > :) I thought the same after seeing this pic of a guy looting Tesco Value Basmati Rice!! I laughed like a drain at that one. That should be put on posters and hung all around Peckham with 'LOSER' written below it in big letters.

Just about everything, Jonathon. It carefully avoids any indication of how much the units cost. I wonder why?

It is a bit silly. It should be a bus lane and left hand turn lane for the entire (20m?) stretch. I suspect it complies with some legislation about bus lanes somewhere and can't change.

cmck83 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If a kid gets his BB and X box seized and sold it could teach them a > lesson in empathy perhaps? Or not? What do you think? I think that he probably nicked them in the first place - and will go out an nick some replacements.

BB100 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FACT: He had a gun loaded with bullets. People > that live by the gun should expect they may die by > it. Whilst I sort of agree with this... > Make no mistake it was the actions of the Duggan family turning up with protesters that set-up the > dynamics for riots. ... I disagree with this. The Met were very poor in contacting the family - they've admitted as such. The family deserved some answers to some quite reasonable questions. They are not to blame for the riots.

richardbach Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > o0h by the way tomas mikleritw how are your lactose intorant pro vegan propganda dicussion > groops going are yuo geting many peple coming along and dont yuo tink its a litler bit dish0nset > to market yuor views by xploiting peples fears for the helth of thier kids and fmily i should call > southwark tarding standrds as its vergin on teh disonest lol Do you own an anti-spellchecker by any chance?

Captain Scarlet Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > primark has been looted. ?24 of damage was caused Croydon was looted. Over ?2M worth of improvements were made.

Zaardvark Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz: > If you don't like trivial perhaps you should not read threads entitled "parent and child spaces in > sainsbury's car park" - to be blunt, you were damnably rude in your reply to her without > justification. Commendable defence, but frankly her post was on par with the rather funny Ocado post elsewhere, but without the irony. Besides, the (long running) thread is interesting. It was an interesting debate on the validity of providing P&C places. > *Thinks again* > > Why on earth is this thread in the "General" > section rather than "Family Discussion"? As I said, it was a good debate and deserved a wider audience. Having it the Family Room would just end up wallowing in justification via self-interest.

edresi10 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder if teh Notting Hill Carnival can possibly > go ahead this year? I thought about that the other day. Given it is already the event that needs the most number of police in the UK, my bet is that the Met will cancel it.

camberwell70 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe some of them do work. From the reports coming out of the courts, quite a few did. So far a graphic designer, a youth worker, a British Army applicant, and a 14-year-old schoolboy accused of looting a mobile-phone shop have been charged. Now they'll have a criminal record. That's their lives royally screwed.

srisky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Go there now, Selma, and you can park wherever > you > > damn well like. > > > A bit harsh, me thinks. There were also other non-riot related threads continuing elsewhere on > the forum. On the other hand, complaining that someone put a tent up covering a few special spaces (given that the rest of a very big car park was also available to them) seemed to plumb new depths of triviality.

Also, from the Guardian: "Mark Duggan was a member of the Star gang. Made up of less than 10 members, it had a notorious reputation for being armed, dealing Class A drugs and intent on making money. It was affiliated to larger, older gangs in the area known as the Tottenham Man Dem or the Farm Boys, with around 30 members each from different generations."

My bet for tomorrow's foaming rant: "Why are we spending money on overseas aid, when we could be using it to put bobbies on the beat?".

bookhopper Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dont know wether this is still the case, but in > the dkh store if there are no parent/toddler your > allowed to park in the disabled (just as close and > wider then normal) and vice versa. I can imagine disabled badges being able to use the P&C places, but I'd be appalled if the reverse was the case.

You are, of course, correct and there are always some that will criticise the police no matter what (as northlondoner's posts demonstrate). But I think the police have picked their battles poorly in the past, going in hard at relatively peaceful demonstrations and kettling innocent by-standers, then finding themselves hamstrung when trouble really kicks off. As a liberal myself, I agree fully with SJ - had the police gone in hard this time around, I would be applauding, not condemning them. But whatever, I sure as hell applaud them anyway, just for having the balls to be out there.

reneet Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why should she shop online? The parents and child > parking are for Parents WITH child(ren), and the > spaces are few as it is without some TENT taking > up some space. And why does it put the riots in > perspective? Does it mean life stops and people > cannot discuss anything else. > > Disgusted. > > > People should be more respectful of others and > their opinions, no wonder the society has > disintegrated Outstanding use of juxtaposition and irony. 10/10.

Do you know the implications of this site going down? I felt so cut off from info I registered with... with... with ... TWITTER!! *Sob* *Wail*