[kj] OT - LON OMG

[Janean Lancaster]

Spot on, Pete.

On 11/08/2011 07:29, fluke 1 wrote:

> So, it is absurd to even talk about reasons when discussing unreason.

>

> Riots of this kind are done by mobs. Do not confuse riots with lawful 

> protests.

>

> In 1992, Los Angeles riots started after the trial of police ended in 

> acquittal for beating [not killing] of Rodney King who resisted 

> arrest. After the riots ended, 53 died , thousands injured, billions 

> in property damage. The black gangs pulled "whites" out of their cars 

> and attacked them just for being white.

>

> These people did not care about Rodney King in 1992. I'm certain they 

> did not care about the guy who was confronted by the police in UK. 

> They did not care about justice. These people are simply criminals who 

> look for any reason to destroy all life and property around them. That 

> is all they know.

> The participants of this riot were the Lumpenproletariat  attacking 

> the working class .

> The cause wasnt a protest or political, the casue was to obtain other 

> peoples possessions without paying for them .

>

>

>

>

> ------------------------------------------------------------------------

> From: gregslawson at msn.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:13:22 -0400

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT - LON OMG

>

> I have a freind who years ago (late 80s) lived in HB, and it looked 

> and seemed like the most non-riot prone, non-Black Flag area of the US.

>  I kept looking around for a studio w/Flag/Minutemen blaring, or even 

> a punk kid, but saw none. And as for the riots, or course it's bad to

> trash people's stuff, but the media seems to know that it's mainly due 

> to the "austerity" measures imposed on the UK, and the even bigger

> gap b/w the rich and the rest of us caused by recent attacks on the 

> working class. Stand to reason...

>

> > From: planetary at socal.rr.com

> > To: gathering at misera.net

> > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:18:27 -0700

> > Subject: Re: [kj] OT - LON OMG

> >

> >

> >

> > bongo wrote:

> >

> > > so, who here would have been involved in these riots if it was 20

> > > years ago? I dont expect anyone here would mug injured kids, or other

> > > cowardly acts, but would anyone own up to torching a police car?

> >

> > No, I wouldn't vandalize, rob or be an overall dickhead in a riot 

> situation. I've always had enough respect for other people's

> > property even when I was a punk kid still in High School not to go 

> trashing other people's stuff. And I've always had enough pride

> > and honor to say everything I have, I earned. I didn't steal it.

> >

> > And I have been in a few pretty major riot situations. Back in late 

> Summer of '86, I was at a pretty major riot in Huntington

> > Beach, CA on Labor day weekend, a big riot in Palm Springs around 

> the same year, etc. I never had the urge to participate and once

> > cops started swooping in on people in full riot mode, I got the fuck 

> out. At the HB riot, one cop actually caught me off-guard and

> > smacked the fuck outta me with a billy club.

> >

> > T.B.

> >

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