tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post7339758701354526063..comments2023-07-01T09:49:19.815-04:00Comments on Cabezalana: PanicMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-7852923904675836102011-08-15T14:15:54.454-04:002011-08-15T14:15:54.454-04:00Even pets and zoo animals will work for their food...Even pets and zoo animals will work for their food stuffed into hollow toys if given a chance. <br /><br />But put fancy goods out in people's faces all the time, with little or no chance they can earn them for themselves, so they can constantly see what they don't have and can't get, and then what? <br /><br />It's like a dog that's had years of barking through the fence -Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-24981100729703340962011-08-15T10:44:23.886-04:002011-08-15T10:44:23.886-04:00The same thing will probably happen here sometime ...The same thing will probably happen here sometime soon.Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107337628719451890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-8019170514419028642011-08-12T22:33:07.415-04:002011-08-12T22:33:07.415-04:00Mel: An excellent post here:
http://vacuousminx.w...Mel: An excellent post here:<br /><br />http://vacuousminx.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/the-uk-rioters-may-be-thugs-but-thats-not-all-they-are/Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-10801353872157323072011-08-12T22:15:40.990-04:002011-08-12T22:15:40.990-04:00It's worth pointing out, too, that the biggest...It's worth pointing out, too, that the biggest jump in UK poverty was from 1983/1984, when Thatcher brutally broke the trade unions, to the end of her reign in 1990. Coincidence? I think not.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-9407620999462820392011-08-12T22:07:50.950-04:002011-08-12T22:07:50.950-04:00Actually, Anonymous, based on a standard definitio...Actually, Anonymous, based on a standard definition of poverty as being a household disposable income of 60% below median, the UK has around 22% of the population living in poverty, compared to around 24% in the US. And that percentage has risen over the past 7 years. In fact, the UK rates only slightly better than the PIGS nations (That's Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, for folks who haven&#Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-7271391088854201882011-08-12T14:32:22.785-04:002011-08-12T14:32:22.785-04:00Perhaps you have to live in the UK to know that th...Perhaps you have to live in the UK to know that there aren't any really poor people here. Everyone has access to a roof over their heads (if they want one), medical care and enough money for food whether they work or not. These riots are all about people (youths mostly)looting, wanting something for nothing. It was common criminality. Some people just don't want to work for a living.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-67025677396504968742011-08-11T16:09:12.992-04:002011-08-11T16:09:12.992-04:00Well said.Well said.Tiger Chanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00909718504841717052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-91308871610643339502011-08-09T22:27:12.944-04:002011-08-09T22:27:12.944-04:00Yeah... :(Yeah... :(Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22941821.post-14411899737103244142011-08-09T22:00:20.957-04:002011-08-09T22:00:20.957-04:00Well said. It has occurred to me lately that The R...Well said. It has occurred to me lately that The Revolution that we old hippies expected in the 1960s and 1970s may yet come to pass; the ultra-rich and the corporations seem hell-bent on hurrying it along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com