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I am really ashamed to call myself British today after all that is currently happening here in my county. The rioting in london has and is spreading throughout the country to other major cities.  These people are pathetic, they are rioting for the sake of it, they are looting anything from anywhere and anyone, setting fire to buildings not caring if people could get hurt, fighting and hurting innocent people all for the fun of it. They are all just mindless criminals scaring innocent people and need to be stopped

I rarely rant about this sort of thing, especially on DA but i do not want people worldwide thinking us Brits are all like this.  We have a bad enough reputation as it is thanks to football hooligans, they too are pathetic.  

All this started after a peaceful demonstration over the death of a young man shot dead by police turned violent.

We on the whole are not hooligans.  We are not small minded snobs who live in mansions and drink tea and scones all day in our giant gardens, We leave all that rubbish to the royal family who most everyday normal hard working folk do not worship or care much for these days unless over the age of 80.  Also we definitely do not all talk posh like most movies would lead you to believe.  We, like many countries have many regional accents and half the time can not understand each other because of it but is great fun trying.  The majority of us are just kind, caring and respectful people who just want to get on with our own lives, want to be safe and want to keep our families safe from idiots like these rioters.

For more info on the riots check out these bbc links [link] and live video [link]

EDIT: For those of you lovely people people worried about me and my family, thank you and sorry i should have clarified before, i luckily do not live in a city, i live in a town far from any, i have never wanted to live in a city due to all the problems that brings and would want to even less now
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~Mohco Aug 11, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
Thats terrible! D: I hope everyone is safe and hope that things will soon settle down.. It's not the time to be causing such a fuss over things like that.. v - v I'm glad you and your family is safe..
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*claremanson Aug 11, 2011  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
thank you, these people are finally being identified and dealt with so maybe it will make others think twice before joining in such things
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~Mohco Aug 12, 2011  Student Traditional Artist
You're welcome. That's good and I hope they will..
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~SilentLeona Aug 11, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
May God bless you and protect you !!
I know how you feel :( we've been living like this too here in Bahrain since the 14 of February >__> and they say they are peaceful protesters ... yeah very much U___U !! Killing and breaking your country is not peaceful protesting !!
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*claremanson Aug 11, 2011  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
oh my that is a long time i never even knew that was going on, i hope its away from you and your loved ones
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~SilentLeona Aug 12, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Yes they are really horrible :( !! My family and everyone are fine <3 I hope that everyone will be safe :hug: may everything goes well in London too ^^ !!
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*claremanson Aug 12, 2011  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
good i am glad :hug:
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~SilentLeona Aug 13, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
:huggle:
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It really is terrible what's happening there at the moment. I am glad you're not close to it though. It's horrible seeing all the news coverage of it.
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*claremanson Aug 10, 2011  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
thank you. i have had enough of watching the news now, time to stick on a movie and forget about it for a bit :)
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