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Kay wrote:

Everyone knows someone with more or better than they've got. I don't
see that as an excuse. If people want more and better, find a legal
way of acquiring it.

It's not an excuse. When even Morrisons has ceased giving out applications,
and a well qualified young man feels himself lucky to have secured a
temporary part time summer job at Burger King, then the law abiding young
can be forgiven for sinking into depression, and the less law abiding are
more likely to go on the rampage. But criminals are made not born. Ensuring
a fair distribution of the wealth of society is self-interest.

If that were all, the issue would be easy, but some of us started
predicting this particular social collapse 40 years ago and more.
I have known that major riots were certain for 20 years, and why,
and I am no expert on this area. The only decent analysis in the
press that I have seen is on Al Jazeera's Web site:

http://english.aljazeera.net/

Look at the opinion pieces. There was also one in the Independent,
by someone who runs youth clubs in the areas where this started.
We KNOW why this was an explosion waiting for a spark - and even,
heaven help us, how to stop it recurring - but curing decades of
harm is not quick, painless or cheap. And, no, the solution is
NOT a return to the bureaucratic welfare state.

Alternatively, if you know any competent social psychologists or
social historians, they will say the same. But the foreigners
(from the USA, not Europe) who rule our rulers have been pushing
the Tea Party agenda (and propaganda) on us since they started to
get control 30 years ago.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.