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or any week, there is always unrest in London...but it is allowed...for the moment. Tolerance at this stage is in limited supply from what I read.
I look from afar at all those huddled masses from Africa and the Middle East who beg to be admitted to the western world, and often that means London. Most of them come to stay with their families and a desire to join in the free market.
These latest riots seem to be perpetrated by this very group, probably the children of former refugees. What has it been, one generation, two? Have they all forgotten that they came to a place where free speech means the police don't shoot you for cursing the Prime Minister. (Hell, doesn't that happen in Parliment all the time?)
Yes, the riots are a party atmosphere and filled with young people and that "lets rip off the rich folk attitude." But would they do that if their parents or their family were facing deportation or the firing squad? Lest they forget, this is not Egypt or Yemen or Syria. They would all be dead if it were.
The media is calling this "copycat" rioting,. New groups of youths not involved in the original shooting incident that are now looting stores for new shoes and clothing. "Foreign elements" "black kids" they say, how difficult it must be to not lash out and call them racist names for all this destruction. But then I don't read the English tabloids so I don't know what those looneys are saying.
Yes, employment among the young people is a problem. Jobs are non-existant in much of the Middle East and Africa, do they want to go home, I think not. I am one who approves of work for welfare programs if they are sensible. One American state takes every fifth mother and allows them to watch the children of the other four so that they can find jobs, creative welfare programs do exist.
But we are overwhelmed by garbage in our lives, by polluted rivers and streams, by trash that needs to be sorted and recycled. That sounds like jobs to me. And at least these youth would be better off somewhere doing something useful for their newly chosen country and they can take pride in the contribution. Otherwise it is jail for robbery, arson and assault.
No matter the source of the problem, creative government is needed. I am all for reviving the Depression Era work farms and the conservation corps here in America. As the stupid wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down there will be thousands of soldiers shipped back into our rotten economy and that will make them mad. We didn't plan the wars well but we must plan our way out of them and now. Where are the jobs for these people?
Comments encouraged, ideas welcomed by one and all. At least here, we know the politicians never listen to creativity, but we can voice the ideas aloud. :-/
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. (Sir Francis Bacon 1561-1626)
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The unrest in London this week... 
