The Language of Riots & Pesky Us/Them Binaries

In which Rosianna talks at perhaps excessive length about the riots in London.
Rosianna is also Blogging Every Day in August and Possibly September (BEDAPS) here: http://rosiannawrites.wordpress.com/ -- there is swearing, don't cry.

Hank's video from way back when: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNMut_b6vKU
Hank's tumblr post: http://edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com/post/8679602927/riots

My twitter: http://www.twitter.com/papertimelady
My tumblr: http://hermionejg.tumblr.com/

Riot Cleanup: http://riotcleanup.co.uk
Also, and I HATE for this to be an "also" but hopefully I shall make a video about it in the next week, East Africa is facing a massive famine so if you can donate anything at all, charities such as Oxfam are doing all they can to help: https://donate.oxfam.org.uk/eastafrica?pscid=ps_ggl_G-042-Emergencies-East-Af...

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[RickySteveAndKarlFan]

Mark was carrying a replica gun? You are joking?

Mark carelessly SHOT as a policeman, the policeman barely survived as the bullet his radio.

[missxrojas]

@RickySteveAndKarlFan Some reports suggested the other day that he had a replica gun in his possession. I in no way relayed this as fact.

[marksplaceuk]

Bloody disgrace what went on, people's livelihoods either destroyed. or damaged, everything about it was horrifying...and the injured dogs awful. 

[kassad2056]

I liked at the end when you talked about being part of a "surging, raging energy of destruction", and how you found that strange. I don't find it strange at all, in fact it seems a perfectly natural reaction to have. Personally I would have probably been in the riots if I hadn't been in hospital this last month.

As ever though, I love how you read between the lines and find the nuance in the situation. I also don't think it's a one-off, it will keep happening more and more imo.

[Eugenics2020]

@chillipeanuts I hear this a lot from Muslims, blaming western society.

We need to get real here. Pakistan and other Muslim countries were problematic way before 9/11. Even going back 100 years ago.

If it was any good, no Pakistanis would ever be migrating to Europe or America.

The problem with Muslim countries is, its controlled and dominated by men. You will not see many women walking down the street.

The only way Muslim countries will improve is if they start practising population control

[chillipeanuts]

@Eugenics2020 Actually most of them are not 'bad news'. 99.99999999% of muslims live in peace. Pakistan has a rough patch cos of NATO meddling in Afghanistan. Either way, you smack of racism.

[Eugenics2020]

@chillipeanuts we have to question official figures than. You write swathes of the UK are horribly white. Well the UK and Europe is the aboriginal land of white Europeans, so obviously white people will be the majority. I cant do anything to stop the Muslim colonisation, but the government can.We should all encourage birth control and teach Muslims to lower their birth rate to 1 kid per female.

This will help to bring harmony.Countries where Muslims are majority is bad news, look at Pakistan

[chillipeanuts]

@Eugenics2020 2.2 is the official figure. swathes of the UK are horribly white. Lay of people man. Or take your youtube self outside and step to some muslims if you have issue with them.

[Eugenics2020]

@chillipeanuts we have to question whether 2.2% is a accurate figure. If you look at the number of Mosques. If you look at schools in East London where the majority are from a Muslim background. There seems to be a lot of children being born in Muslim families.

You also have to look at the practice of HALAL meat for example. How is it possible HALAL meat is now being served throughout England by 2.2% of the population. How did Muslims manage to achieve that level of power

[chillipeanuts]

@Eugenics2020 Muslims are 2.2% of the UK population. That's not colonization is it.

[sadiepenguin]

'sadly my ice cream has melted, but it's okay; i have a biscuit.'

[Eugenics2020]

@chillipeanuts just pointing out the speed in which Muslims are colonising the UK. This will be bad news for the UK in the long run. This will create conflict and nothing good will come of it.

The only solution is to limit the birth rate 1 kid per female. This will stop the colonisation and stop any future conflict.

[chillipeanuts]

@Eugenics2020 So?