The Uncensored Household
The Nobel peace prize already began losing credibility, just like the Oscars, when it was awarded to the newly elected President of the United States of America, Barak Obama. This time the Nobel committee have gone one step worse and awarded the prize to the European Union.
The long drawn out explanation included praise for being democratic, for not being at war and for sticking together at times of crisis and conflict.
Has anti-smacking laws created a lawless society? David Lammy MP certainly think so. In fact, in an article for the Guardian, he goes as far as to say that the riots last August are a result of working class parents not being able to physically discipline their children and doing so would prevent them from joining gangs and entering into knife crime.
How?
Yesterday, Radio 4 reported that China were quick on the mark to applaud the British government’s stance on banning social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook and imposing curfews in the wake of future riots. Britain’s post riot tactics seem to be focussed around creating a largely policed state which is only too familiar for the Chinese authorities.
In the aftermath of the riots, I do wish the political point scoring by both parties would just stop. Whilst crisis often offers the opposition party an opportunity to make political impressions, does every news programme or media discussion on the riots have to be based on one party having a go at the other? I feel in this case neither party can wash their hands of the problem behind the riots. Hasn’t today’s generation of looters been exposed to both party’s ideologies over the past 20 years?
I remain shocked at the unfolding events in London and other major cities. This morning I couldn’t persuade a taxi to take me to a photoshoot and had to lug my bags and props around the tube! What I am unable to understand is the level of destruction that appears to be without thought, cause or even with at least a loose motive of stealing something valuable or useful.
Friends from around the world have been contacting me to ask if I’m okay as images of London’s riotous weekend fire across their screens (fortunately I’m not near the action at all). I found it very interesting that our political leaders did not express their concern about the safety of Londoners
The UN made an ominous prediction that 2011 would be a year of food riots around the world. Rioting has been predicted even in Britain – something I doubt will happen, not a very British reaction to rising prices is it? We just moan and pay.
Food grain price increases will of course affect developing nations much more and I have seen prices rise on an almost monthly basis in India
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