tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post7153869686813350446..comments2024-02-16T09:51:55.973-08:00Comments on Ask A Filipino!: What caused the riots in London?The Filipinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06411009013482740401noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-23626140182452443192012-03-31T02:10:02.049-07:002012-03-31T02:10:02.049-07:00"the british natives and the young trouble ma..."the british natives and the young trouble making immigrant minorities was very different to what we are used to observe here in the US with their local counterparts. Do you perceive these dynamics to be quite different?" <br /><br />What the fuck? I'm a 'British' native, born and raised in Lewisham, London. I've had more trouble from my fellow natives than your supposed 'young trouble making immigrant minorities'. I cannot overstate what a thoughtless and offensive comment that is. Also, what is the distinction you're making between a native and an immigrant? If it's based on skin colour, then please do not visit Britain again. We have enough racists as it is.Silencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547765233855857476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-78001410904711745922012-03-11T11:18:57.430-07:002012-03-11T11:18:57.430-07:00London was on fireLondon was on fireKrystalhttp://www.ecocta.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-68173792994426149622011-08-21T10:18:54.668-07:002011-08-21T10:18:54.668-07:00Well put! I agree with many of your points but the...Well put! I agree with many of your points but the real problem is how to move forward when English Culture has been so badly damaged. See <a href="http://pol-check.blogspot.com/2011/08/london-riots-and-mediocracy.html" rel="nofollow">The LOndon Riots and the Mediocracy</a>.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442010719863995872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-80064569095271204162011-08-13T06:21:22.861-07:002011-08-13T06:21:22.861-07:00JoFlo:
I think you're right. Because the US i...JoFlo:<br /><br />I think you're right. Because the US is a much more immigrant-friendly country, bigger, less stratified and more diverse, it is much better at absorbing and assimilating its newcomers than the UK. Hence, a lot more immigrants thrive.<br /><br />ACF:<br /><br />Great insights. And you're right: the pernicious side of consumerism is a big factor in the rioting that took place. I should have discussed that aspect in more depth but your comment plugged that gap of my blogpost (I hope all those who read my posts read the comments section too).The Filipinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06411009013482740401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-34280183210328476932011-08-12T18:08:34.308-07:002011-08-12T18:08:34.308-07:00I have little to add to your comments since I agre...I have little to add to your comments since I agree with all of your points. <br />Taking a 10,000 feet view of the problem here are some of my bullet points:<br />->Isn't it the human consumer at the center of all this? Our modern consumer society has transformed and affected all social interactions and is now possibly risking human development. <br />->How did we enter into this now- global process of equating money and power with morality? Why do we see the BRICs countries displaying wild west capitalism? Have all brakes been removed?<br />-> Why technical progress in the most advanced societies cannot successfully address the have vs. have-nots seemingly "basic" problem? <br /><br />Looking at the London riots and all recent global unrest, violence and crises made me think that the post apocalyptic world we often see in sci-fi movies is coming close to home sooner than we'd like...See this movie review excerpt below from "Blade Runner" describing in a now-strangely familiar way the dark world were the movie takes place:<br /><br />"Released in 1982 and often reincarnated in the years since, Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner speaks to a future that only a futurist of a certain bent could love: a world so used up that anyone who can afford to leaves it to inhabit space colonies off the shoulder of Orion, while those who cannot afford to—and the ill, the elderly, and, by appearances, most non-native speakers of English—are stuck in a ruined, rainy, overcrowded, and oddly mechanized place."A Conflicted Mindnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4370906785269759264.post-53382971968462377922011-08-12T18:01:45.109-07:002011-08-12T18:01:45.109-07:00Glad to know you escaped almost unscattered of the...Glad to know you escaped almost unscattered of the unfortunate incident and went on to the World Cup games in Germany a few hours later as planned. That takes a lot of toughness too.<br />I spent 4 days in London on vacation in 2004. That is certainly too short of a time to be aware of the social dynamics going on then but although it is hard for me to explain I felt while riding the Metro and watching the people that the social tensions between the british natives and the young trouble making immigrant minorities was very different to what we are used to observe here in the US with their local counterparts. Do you perceive these dynamics to be quite different?JoFlonoreply@blogger.com