Enemy is everywhere!

I spent some time in the dark when it comes to the London riots. I've been trolling Youtube for a bit, because frankly reading the news isn't going to help me understand it any better than seeing raw footage of the events. It shouldn't surprise anyone that I'm appalled by a number of things.

First, it seems no one really knows what started all this. I'm sure it all began with innocent intentions to bring attention to undeniable disparities between the average citizen and Scotland Yard. But as with any conflict that sparks violence in a den of uncivilized low-lifes, it seems the looting was inevitable. Chavs, as they are called, are like America's wigger population: would-be gangsters who speak like children and revel in criminality and aggressive or antagonistic behavior. Just do a Google search for either word and you'll find more than ample evidence to support the comparison.

And so one must wonder if there is population within the chav "community" who do not quite fit the bill. Are there young, at least somewhat educated, likely impoverished people who started a protest that turned into several riots? Or did the chavs themselves start the rioting under the banner of fighting the Man? Either way, I fail to see how attacking the police and setting fire to businesses is a worthwhile solution. Any guise for robbery is clearly misidentified.

And this brings me to my second frustration. In reading the Youtube comments (like I do), I noticed a lot of "you Americans" talk. I find it very interesting that it took a national disaster and some significant oversight on the part of our (American) leaders to effectively rectify the situation for the last round of looting and severe rioting to occur in the USA. All it takes for the young people of London, apparently, is a few protesters standing up to the police. I'm so sick of this anti-American talk that appears all over the Internet. Americans are pretty stupid, but clearly so are Brits. So are Israeli Jews who berate visitors and pilgrims to their nation simply for being American. So are Danish fashionistas who sneer down their noses at tourists who would rather not spend hundreds of dollars on clothes they're just going to sweat through anyway.

Like I've said before, idiots come from all walks of life. Even intelligent people are prone to indoctrination under the right circumstances. I'm more ready to believe that anyone who assumes someone is a stupid American because of a maximum 500-character comment on a (likely unrelated) Youtube video is a member of the idiot variety of person.

I was going to rant about Facebook here, but that seems a little childish. I do that enough on Facebook.

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