Comments on: A Father Like This

By: kit

kit — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:12:17 +0000

Having read the comments underneath this post, I am astonished at the ignorance of some of the posters. I’m looking at you boston_mahesh, Pravin Praveen and Melbourne Desi. I suspect that this is partly due to the wildly inaccurate and irresponsible reporting that went on during the riots. They were hardly UK wide either. As another poster said, this was less about Race and more about Class. Please bear in mind that a number of the looters/rioters were people you wouldn’t have expected to be involved. Haroon Jahan’s father is the true face of the United Kingdom. We would do well to concentrate on the example he set, rather than sitting on our hands and applauding ourselves for living in another (apparently utopic) country.

By: 33

33 — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:22:29 +0000

"I am just glad my parents decided to immigrate to the US instead of the UK."

Yeah like this kind of shit wont happen there soon you small dicked coconut

Sounds like a comment from an impotent loser who is too afraid to fight

By: 33

33 — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:18:53 +0000

"However, I have a love of their ancient traditions, history, and culture, in general"

Like the raping of India?

What a culture!

By: Orville Douglas

Orville Douglas — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:53:58 +0000

The Cameron government are just trying to say the rioters are just criminals but beneath the surface there is resentment against being isolated, and alienation. It is sad that the three young men died. Obviously the killers should be brought to justice and the UK legal system will deal with them. There is a racial element to the UK riots but I also think it relates to class. I really resent when the public think it was just blacks that rioted that's not true! I saw people of all races rioting. Also, I am not excusing the rioting but if you read about the racism of the UK police force against blacks no one should be surprised people were upset after the black man that was shot by the police Mark Duggan. I thought the UK was different from other European countries and it is a lot less civilized. The Cameron government claims to be surprised at the riots but they shouldn't have. David Cameron's government has cut a lot of youth programs and the upper class in London obviously don't care about young people. University students in the UK are paying higher tuition fees. People say that young people should just work hard to make it. But what if you can't afford to attend college or university or get a job? The unemployment rate for young people in the UK is also a problem. People are angry and they are resentful of the upper classes.

I think the problems in the UK are more complex than people realize. It isn't just the UK that is having problems with multiculturalism all over western Europe in countries such as Sweden, Germany, France, Belgium, Norway, UK, Italy, there are fears from some whites that their countries are changing too much due to immigration.

By: The Arctic Bong

The Arctic Bong — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:09:58 +0000

Sure US&Canada had it’s problems, but there is no “but so has” US&Canada here. Europe has a completely different set of problems, that goes beyond social and economic. Europe has a problem that is cultural, ethnic and religious. Don’t get me wrong, Europe is not unique, you would have (and to some extent have) the same set of problems in China, Japan, the Arab world and African countries. This is what nation states is all about.

By: IwasLiberalOnce

IwasLiberalOnce — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:58:52 +0000

I saw LA riots after Rodney king, Katrina riots in NOLA, and finally the collapse of the financial system in 2008. We were within 2 weeks of empty shelves at every food store in town. I would be relying on my shovel/rake to defend myself? Time to rethink the whole protection of family thing.

By: boston_mahesh

boston_mahesh — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:45:50 +0000

the ancient traditions of burning up widows and pouring molten silver down people’s ears is being overcome by higher gdp growth, less barbarism, and ideas/philosophies which trump these terrors.

By: badmash

badmash — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:45:23 +0000

I disagree with the idea that allowing handgun ownership would have prevented the occurence of riots - if anything it would have escalated the level of danger to both sides so thank goodness handgun ownership here is restricted.

The police were reluctant to take action, given the criticisms they faced over their stronger handling of the student protesters earlier this year. Unfortunately the buck-passing has started with the politicians blaming the police and vice-versa. Hopefully the lesson will have been learned that CCTV policing isn't sufficient.

Finally - this isn't such a bad place. It has its problems, but so does the US and Canada. Hiding from inner city problems out in the burbs doesn't make them go away.

By: nnn

nnn — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:08:49 +0000

That last post was a contradiction in terms, Boston. If “it’s a barbaric nation”, it certainly won’t “overcome this terrible hoodie culture”. And if they have “ancient traditions, history, and culture”, they cannot be “a barbaric nation”.

By: boston_mahesh

boston_mahesh — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:41:13 +0000

The UK is only good at one thing: Writing songs about anarchy and riots.

From my experience, it's a barbaric nation of racists, xenophobes, and violent peoples.

However, I have a love of their ancient traditions, history, and culture, in general. Us ABCDs have a double-dose of British culture, of course. I'm sure that they will overcome this terrible hoodie culture which is tearing at their social fabric.