I wasn't asking where you were, but Eric, who I believe lives up manc way, and therefore would not have seen all the London news.
-----Original Message----- From: sinisterpicturesDB [mailto:sinisterpictu...@dogz-bollox.co.uk] Sent: 10 August 2011 12:42 To: Mark Humphries Cc: 'Eric B'; 'leedslist' Subject: Re: [LU] Riots I was there mark! On 10 Aug 2011, at 12:33, Mark Humphries wrote: > Where did you get your info? > > > > I got mine from the million news reports we have had here in London > since Saturday. > > > > Where do you live again? > > > > From: Eric B [mailto:barl...@gmail.com] > Sent: 10 August 2011 12:10 > To: Mark Humphries > Cc: McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill); leedslist > Subject: Re: [LU] Riots > > > > Just cause I got the timelines does not make any difference to my > statements. > > Me political agenda? you re having a laff mate, I ve never voted in my life. > I bet you have. > > > > You "heard" it was the anarchist lot that started this? and then you > ask me to get my facts right? > > Well I heard my aunty has got balls, but guess what.. it wasnt true.. DOH! > > > > Keep it real mate, > > Eric > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Mark Humphries > <mark.humphr...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > What happened was there was a protest march for the shooting, this was > a peaceful march and the policing was anything but rough - the police > had a very small presence precisely to prevent antagonism. What then > happened was a bunch of idiots (I have heard it was the anarchist lot) > hijacked the march and started the violence. > > > > But don't let the facts get in the way of your political agenda! > > > > From: Eric B [mailto:barl...@gmail.com] > > Sent: 10 August 2011 11:20 > To: Mark Humphries > > Cc: McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill); leedslist > Subject: Re: [LU] Riots > > > > I am not TRYING to link it to the guy that got shot. I am actually. I > dont think its a coincidence he got shot by the police the same day this started. > But thats my opinion only. Apparently another trigger was rough > policing to a peaceful protest that demanded justice. Maybe its a clue > that rough policing will trigger further violent escalations? > > > > From a legal point of view anybody with a local passport is a citizen. > > Citizen: "A legally recognized subject or national of a state or > commonwealth, either native or naturalized." > > > > However I take your point this has been abused by a vast majority of > people who are not linked to the initial incident. A bit like > hooligans that go to football games to pick a fight, not to watch football. > > I also agree that waving a shooting arm at police is asking for > trouble. I wouldnt want to be the police officer having to make that call. > > > > Cheers, > > Eric > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Mark Humphries > <mark.humphr...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > I wouldn't call the people who are looting and rioting as "citizens". > > Luckily it seems to be being brought under control now, but if it > wasn't then there is a very good risk of some of us citizens standing > up to them ourselves, and that could indeed be called a civil war. > > And again, let's not try and link what is happening with the shooting > in Tottenham, it is totally unrelated and the vast majority of those > looting wouldn't even know the blokes name. The bloke who was shot > was waving around a firearm, so let's also not infer that this was > another innocent victim or police brutality. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org > [mailto:leedslist-boun...@gn.apc.org] On > > Behalf Of Eric B > Sent: 10 August 2011 10:27 > To: McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group (bmcwill) > > Cc: leedslist > Subject: Re: [LU] Riots > > maybe they re not using plastic bullets because they dont want to risk > killing kids? After all this did start by someone being shot by the police. > tear gas wont kill anyone so maybe thats a better idea. > > I note that quite a few people wants the army involved however I d say > that putting the army against your own citizens is similar to a civil > war in many respects. > I understand these are riots but hey... Hence I agree this is a job > for the police and not the army. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:19 AM, McWilliams, Brendan, VF-Group > (bmcwill) < brendan.mcwilli...@vodafone.com> wrote: > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it) _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER (There's it)
