What lessons from the riots so far ?

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scoobie wrote:
itsybitsy wrote:Lesssons learnt? Well, firstly I need to learn how to use Photoshop. Here's something for those of you on facebook. I LOLLED in the office when I saw the photo of the rioters carrying the giant snake. And the Vicky Pollard image is priceless!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rioter ... 4136756297
Thats the first time I've laughed this week.. thanks for that itsy!! Laughed so hard at some of them :)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
They are brilliant - wetting myself laughing...................
How do you find these things itsy?
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scoobie wrote:
itsybitsy wrote:Lesssons learnt? Well, firstly I need to learn how to use Photoshop. Here's something for those of you on facebook. I LOLLED in the office when I saw the photo of the rioters carrying the giant snake. And the Vicky Pollard image is priceless!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rioter ... 4136756297
Thats the first time I've laughed this week.. thanks for that itsy!! Laughed so hard at some of them :)
Honest to God, I was crying with laughter at some of them! As the group grows they just get more inventive. The one with the Tenna Lady - Oh my god!!!
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preppingsu wrote:
scoobie wrote:
itsybitsy wrote:Lesssons learnt? Well, firstly I need to learn how to use Photoshop. Here's something for those of you on facebook. I LOLLED in the office when I saw the photo of the rioters carrying the giant snake. And the Vicky Pollard image is priceless!

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Rioter ... 4136756297
Thats the first time I've laughed this week.. thanks for that itsy!! Laughed so hard at some of them :)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
They are brilliant - wetting myself laughing...................
How do you find these things itsy?
It's a group on facebook that's growing by the minute. Absolute genius - showing the scum up for the idiots that they are, and also being used to name and shame!
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If someone with flickr or another photo upload account has the inclination to upload some of these I'm sure everyone who doesn't have facebook would be HUGELY appreciative. Funniest thing I've seen in ages! :lol:
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itsybitsy wrote:If someone with flickr or another photo upload account has the inclination to upload some of these I'm sure everyone who doesn't have facebook would be HUGELY appreciative. Funniest thing I've seen in ages! :lol:
I haven't got a facebook account and just clicked the link and was able to access them OK.
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preppingsu wrote:
itsybitsy wrote:If someone with flickr or another photo upload account has the inclination to upload some of these I'm sure everyone who doesn't have facebook would be HUGELY appreciative. Funniest thing I've seen in ages! :lol:
I haven't got a facebook account and just clicked the link and was able to access them OK.
Really? Brilliant. Were you able to see all of the photos in the album? That one with the segway made me howl!
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itsybitsy wrote:
preppingsu wrote:
itsybitsy wrote:If someone with flickr or another photo upload account has the inclination to upload some of these I'm sure everyone who doesn't have facebook would be HUGELY appreciative. Funniest thing I've seen in ages! :lol:
I haven't got a facebook account and just clicked the link and was able to access them OK.
Really? Brilliant. Were you able to see all of the photos in the album? That one with the segway made me howl!
yeah, got them all - I liked the Where's Wally, son thought ET was good. But they were all humilating the scum in the photos. I also hope the photos are being used to identify them and arrest them (although we would need to start a petition saying that the Sesame Street gang are innocent)
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Thank you so much for the link, it made my day. Think that's what being British really means, having a shit time and still being able to make it into a joke. :lol:
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It's also worth bearing in mind that this time the looters were doing it for "fun", they weren't starving or anything remotely like that yet they were swarming over properties like ants. Imagine how much worse the situation would be if they were starving and heard a rumour you had food, or a generator etc. It wouldnt matter how much "defence" you had, you wouldn't stand a chance living in one of those areas and facing that sort of attack. Even if there was a group of you the chances are you would just be burnt out

In that situation one option may be to try and join the mob instead of trying to fight it, not a pleasant or very moral thought, but we are talking about survival not morals.

During these riots the streetlights have been on and the threat of the law is still there, take those away in a longer term disturbance and it would be many times worse.
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I do agree its a very scary thought. Glad i live in the sticks.