London Riots
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^ I know about the north end of this. I lived in Walthamstow(not in the village either) for several years.
Tottenham is a hard place, you may as well throw in Enfled, Walthamstow etc because the'yre close enough to spit on and it's all cousins and family interlocked in that area. Its very hard for some of these families to make it. The kids are largely fantastic and hard working, they all want to achieve more for themselves. but as always there is a failing of the education system for boys in certain racial profiles, I think that it's being tackled more effectively now, but for the last 30 years it hasn't worked well.
For the kids that were let down by the education system, there has been a long-standing feeling of frustration. Like anyone else they want stuff, but some of these guys just see "stuff". I mean that the value is in possessions, not in achievements or knowledge. "Gangsta" is cool, but most of the kids love that culture without ever doing anything really bad. I think we are just seeing an organised group of gangs, exercise leverage and gain power. Trouble is, power is something new, and very addictive, I don't think we've seen the last of this.
- Except that the leverage and power they gain will last about 5 minutes..?tangoxray3
- well for now maybe, but the power to cause mayhem will now always be in their arsenalfoz