Read this one.
Must lurk moar, but in the mean time, I'm curious to know what the UK riots look like from the rest of the world and also what they look like from the Conservative heartland of the Home Counties. I feel like I'm seeing way too many people rushing to judgement, calling for what would effectively be vigilante justice, calling in the army or just "something should be done". It's certainly bringing all the nut jobs (both right and left wing) out of the woodwork in internet comments and twitter posts.25-49 Musley Ln, Ware, Hertfordshire SG12 7
-Oh, so now we now how the "1984"+"V for vendetta"+"Children of men" UK came to be.
It is not short but it is a fine example of a thinking human putting his thoughts on paper (sic) and sharing with the rest of us.
A must read!
"Shopocalypse Now"
http://criticalmassfilm.com/blog/?p=50
Last weekend's Guardian Weekend mag led with a picture of a Tesco Value beer bottle turned into petrol bomb about local communities vs the supermarket chains. A different subject but ironically prophetic. Wish I could find an image of the cover online.
So, let's hop on to our space ships and create new, better worlds... Oh, wait, nothing happened since the sixties to allow for space exploration/colonization... Bummer.