WI State Fair attacks

[Heffay]

I thought crime has been dropping like crazy. What are we doing that isn't working?

[nyffman]

Another factor to consider in this discussion, which I believe, is about violent crime committed by urban youths, is what role the credit rating downgrade may have. If the govt reacts with aggressive austerity in the area of the give away programs, which in many cases are one way of buying off some of them, keeping the crime rate artificially lower, we can expect an increase in the future. When a friend was robbed at knifepoint in a rest area near Janesville, WI, the Police officer who came to fill out the report told him that this kind of thing had increased after the closing of the GM plant in town. I believe that we'll see similar results if govt cuts social programs that affect these people.

[traveler]

Do you suggest that there might be violent demonstrations over any type of excuse, leading to widespread looting and mayhem?

From this evening's news:

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/08/06/violent-protests-break-out-in-north-london/

The report mentions "gunfight". I would expect that it was one-sided since no citizen in Britain would have a firearm of any kind, especially in this community of disadvantaged people with children hungry for knowledge and the lawful pursuit of economic success.

I have to quit this. I've vomited twice into my mouth already.

[nyffman]

Tottenham is one of the most deprived areas in all of England

Interesting choice of adjectives. And, yeah, I think we're hearing the first sounds of the world coming apart at the seams.

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[Dave Pendleton]

Flat screen TV's and cell phones, that's all it takes.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/08/0 ... nd-rioting

[nyffman]

From the article:

[quote]As for the rioters: “They don’t have a respect for anything. They have no respect for property, themselves, their neighbors, their community. So it seems like a good idea to burn stuff,” said Cope.

Like I said,

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[Cuda66]

Methinks I need something beltfed.

Shrike, anyone?