London Riots

So if you guys don't already know over the last three days, London has descended into extreme violence and pure thuggery. It all started in Tottenham following the shooting and death of a local man mark Duggan. Duggan was involved in various criminal activities and as such he was under police surveillance. Following an alleged volatile situation, where Duggan was said to have opened fire on policemen he was shot dead. This sparked outrage in his local community who were in disbelief about the so-called shooting. They were quoted as saying that Duggan was not a violent man, that he would not have opened fire on anyone and so he should not have been shot. Then, the clarity of the situation was called into question when it emerged that the bullets that were supposed to have been fired from Duggan’s weapon were in fact issued by the Met and thus this reinforced the belief that Duggan was shot done mercilessly.

Obviously this would have caused outrage in the community of which Duggan was a well-liked member and so the community of Tottenham took to the streets in what was supposed to be a peaceful protest. Unfortunately it seems as though Britons are unable to fathom what ‘peaceful’ exactly means and as such, as with the student protests and the workers’ protests, violence erupted except this time it was much, much worse. Suddenly Tottenham was overloaded with yobs and thugs who broke into local shops, set cars alight, began looting  and this is very different to the violence of the previous protests this year. Local businesses were ruined and public damage at an all-time high and yet it does not seem to be letting up.

Tonight marks the third night of these absolutely disgraceful acts of pure violence and criminality. Cashing in on the possibility of getting “free things” via looting, youths have taken to the streets all over London. These yobs are all pure opportunists, they have nothing better to do so take to the streets traumatising their OWN communities, and honestly how stupid must you be? I’m appalled by these idiots. Rioting and looting for no reason other than to riot for I’m sure the majority of these animals don’t even have a clue who their current Prime Minister is let alone them fighting for a “cause”. These riots are not about the death of someone, it’s quite simply about stealing. The level of disorder around London is such that the Met are hard-pressed to facilitate it, it’s crazy and what’s worse, as a tax payer, I’M GOING TO BE EXPECTED TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES!

On another note, where are the parents of these chavs?

Breivik's actions, should they be justified?

I'm sure that by now, you're all aware of the tragic mass killing that took place in Norway on the 22nd July. If not, then shame on you! At least 93 people, of which most were children, were killed in a twin terrorist attack all planned and undertaken by ONE awful man, Anders Breivik.

Now when the bomb exploded in Oslo, many people, myself included, thought the same thing, that once again a crazy Islamist group had targeted a western country and everyone was in shock that Norway, such a peaceful country was targeted. Enter thousands of Islamphobic rants all over the internet. However it emerged that far from an Islamist attack, this brutal killing was in fact carried out by a Norwegian national, in and effort "to save Christendom in Europe".

Obviously, when this new eveidence emerged everyone was in shock and the internet was rife with comments condemning Breivik's actions. However, there have also been mass comments actually DEFENDING his actions and for this I am shocked. It's not so much the fact that had a Muslim carried these brutal killings there would be international condemnation of Islam, that get's me annoyed, though it does play into it I must admit. It's more the fact that how can anyone sit there and actually justify such a horrendous display of brutality? How can anyone defend the mass killing of nearly 100 INNOCENT CHILDREN?

It has always been my belief that everyone should have the freedom to voice their own opinions; think what you want about Islam, hate it, love it, remain indifferent to it, but DON'T DEFEND COLD BLOODED MURDER. Do not make Breivik a martyr, HE IS A DISGUSTING, RACIST, MURDERER!

And on another note, I find it quite amusing how even when Muslims aren't responsible for terrorist attacks some people will still find a way to blame them, does your Islamaphobia know no bounds?

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Is this right?

It might be an outlandish and a complete sweeping statement to make, but the more and more I learn, the more I can't help but think, the US Marines/army are no better than the Taliban. Why do I think this? They're both headed by war mongering, militant, power hungry men. Both have no qualms about severly breaching human rights in their mission, and both would sooner use weapons than diplomacy to achieve it. The only difference is; the US do this under the cloak of "democracy".

I'm beginning to harbour a severe dislike for the US government and their military institutions, it comes close to my hatred for terrorism. The more I research into American institutions such as prisons, the more I discover just how much is allowed to be swept under the carpet. A point in case? Guantanamo Bay, how is this atrocity still allowed to be running as a fully functional detention facility? Do human rights mean nothing to a country who is supposedly one of the biggest advocates of democracy? It makes me so angry.

I'm beginning to believe that US militancy should be viewed on the same level as the extremism of the Taliban and  it will only be, when people realise this and act accrodingly that wars that threaten all levels of society can be avoided. We need to stop terrorism, yes, but  as Mahatma Gandhi once said "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind".

Bin Laden was unarmed

New information has revealed that Bin Laden was actually unarmed when he was shot dead. This means that surprise, surprise, the US gorvernment Obama lied to you, to the world. Now I'm in no way defending Bin Laden's character, he was an awful man who orchestrated the most heinous crime, of my time, but you have to question the "democracy" of a country that goes into a mission on an order to kill. Of course they now claim that there was a firefight, but it didn't include Bin Laden but surely the Navy seal are trained extensively in how to deal with these types of situations? Surely they could have reduced the number of fatalities and brought Bin Laden to face his victims and explain his crime, that would have administered true justice, would it not?

The very concept of innocent until proven guilty has just flown out of the window because Bin Laden did not get a trial. Now so many of you are now probably thinking that I am a Bin laden supporter but actually everyone deserves a fair trial, even the most hardened, extremist Nazis were given a trial after the end of WW2 so why does it not apply here? If the man was unarmed he should have been brought to the US to face trial where ultimately an unbiased jury would decide his fate. Unless the US has MORE to hide from the public?

Ultimately Bin Laden was killed and by doing this the US has denied the victims of 9/11 the right to hear why he did what he did, from his own mouth. It just gets you thinking how much more agressive can this "democratic government" get? How much more are they hiding away? Can they keep blaming others, terrorists, Pakistan, the Middle East, for their role in breaching by a massive amount, the human rights they claim they want to protect?

Bin Laden's dead, but what does it mean for Britain?

I woke up today to the news that Bin Laden has finally been found and killed. His 10 year terror has been put to an end but I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m completely conflicted; on the one hand his death means that the world can let out that 10 yearlong breath they have been holding and the victims that survived, and families of the victims that didn’t can get some sort of closure for the atrocity that was 9/11. On the other hand what does his death mean for the world, for Britain and for any ally, which includes Bangladesh?

At this moment I honestly doubt that Bangladesh will be affected much, the country is not really a world player and though extremism there is on the rise, it is still such a small number that it will not affect the country as a whole. It is for Britain that I worry. The death of Bin Laden has brought on so much celebration across the country, and indeed across the world but people are not looking into the long-term consequences of this.  

Whilst celebrations are underfoot, the world has just become a much more dangerous place. I can’t shake the fear that this could lead to a total war- that is a war that affects every member of society in all realms. Bin Laden’s death could, very much be another Franz Ferdinand assassination tale. I just feel like a world war is imminent and it is not solely because of the terrorists.

No one can deny that the west have been aggressive in their “war on terror”, they have we have become aggressive war mongers who have little qualms about the deaths of innocent civilians. US and British air raids have killed many innocent families which include children, yet they have been shaken off as “collateral damage”. Are we really o.k with this? If the same had happened here or in the US would we have been o.k with the victims being called accidents of the “war on terror”. It’s outrageous! This war has become, but maybe always has been, more than one against terror. It’s gone far beyond a war on terror and is now also an expansionist one. Oil, oil, oil? Is it such a precious commodity that governments will put the lives of children, even the lives of their own children, at risk? Why are we supporting a war which is on part driven by economic expansion? The money we spend on bulking up our armies could be used on more worthwhile things- education for all, maybe?

Again I’m conflicted: I hate this war for its innocent victims, I hate this war for its expansionist ways but I can’t deny that it is important to rid the world of terrorism. I can’t forget that if an isolationist approach was taken, Middle Eastern dictators would continue to commit heinous crimes against humanity. What do we do? Can we sit back? No. Should we be aggressive? No.

Diplomacy. Why can we not effectively use diplomacy? What is it about us global powers that means that time and time again international organisations made to prevent further wars (NATO, UN, etc.) fail? In any case Bin Laden’s death and ocean burial (another stupid move on America’s part) should be treated with a pinch of salt; we’ve yet to see the repercussions of it.

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