Comments for Behind Blue Eyes

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:54:08 +0000

The people are petty, not the crimes. Well spotted.

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:52:44 +0000

EK, I find myself asking once again: did you actually read the post? Or are you now my sub-editor?

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by Electro-Kevin

Electro-Kevin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:34:27 +0000

Then why talk about Duggan at all ?

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by StevenL

StevenL — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:16:30 +0000

“Petty criminals”? Ha! Arson is a mandatory life sentence. Most arsonists can’t do it and end a nervous wreck in a secure ward.

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:30:32 +0000

Is “good faith” not just another way of saying “honestly-held belief”?

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:29:51 +0000

Absolutely.

EK this is not about one particular “community” having the upper hand. It is about petty criminals from all over the place spotting a temporary weakness and rushing through a gap in the defences.

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by Blue Eyes

Blue Eyes — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:27:18 +0000

WPJ, you are – of course – completely right.

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by watchpeoplejump

watchpeoplejump — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:19:17 +0000

whatever the rights and wrongs of the case, it doesn’t really seem like even the ‘rioters’ are claiming this as the basis of their ‘protest’. it doesn’t seem like they are claiming anything at all. apart from that it is unfair that they don’t have big screen TVs when some people do. very depressing.

Comment on Mark Duggan: what the law says by JuliaM

JuliaM — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:55:02 +0000

They’ ve no power, none whatsoever, so long as we all stand firm.

Comment on “No excuses” by AJS

AJS — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:53:46 +0000

Indeed.

The problem is that some people try to set themselves up as “victims by definition” — and then go out of their way to live up to the tag. Even going so far as to make other people hate them.

They don’t get a bad name because they’re black. They get it because they’re behaving like D.H.s. And as long as they behaved that way, they’d still be thought of as D.H.s if they were white. Or green. Or purple.

You’re not better than anyone else. Everyone is struggling.

In this country, we have free education to university entrance level, the NHS and a welfare state which can look after your basic necessities indefinitely. Some people don’t have that, and I bet they’d have a few things to say about expensive trainers and one metre plasma TVs and whether they are necessities or luxuries.