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    Quote Originally Posted by Army Chief View Post
    Individuals -- even the relatively stupid ones -- are quite often capable of reasoned discussion in a one-on-one setting.

    Mobs -- even those comprised of people with whom I might otherwise have much in common -- are irrational, volatile and almost always prone to destruction.

    I've no idea why this tendency toward objectiveless rebellion is so hard-wired into our natures, but it seems that we're sure to see more of these kinds of displays (at home and abroad), given the present trajectory of our society at-large.

    Kind of makes a certain level of preparedness seem a lot more mainstream, when you get right down to it.

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    Hence why broad spectrum collectivism will always be a failure.


    It removes individual responsibility, and thus anything anyone does is not "their" fault but "ours".

    The reason why they are burning the place down is society's fault.

    When people find out they are special, and part of a protected class they will act out....then you have the enablers and actors all blaming someone else.

    When no one can be blamed personally, and you can't punish society at large there is no crime.

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    Do criminals in England have any civil liberties to lose, like felons here in the states, or does everyone there have pretty much nothing to lose, other than property?



    I'm starting to think the further away from freedom and liberty a society goes, the worse crime gets. From my very limited perspective there doesn't seem to be much difference between how law abiding citizens and criminals are treated over there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Army Chief View Post
    Individuals -- even the relatively stupid ones -- are quite often capable of reasoned discussion in a one-on-one setting.

    Mobs -- even those comprised of people with whom I might otherwise have much in common -- are irrational, volatile and almost always prone to destruction.

    I've no idea why this tendency toward objectiveless rebellion is so hard-wired into our natures, but it seems that we're sure to see more of these kinds of displays (at home and abroad), given the present trajectory of our society at-large.

    Kind of makes a certain level of preparedness seem a lot more mainstream, when you get right down to it.

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    Reminds me of a comment from a high school buddy's mom, who used to say,"Give me one teenage boy, you got one brain; two teenage boys, half a brain; three or more teenage boys, no brains at all."

    His dad was also a fount of wisdom. Holding forth on the pros and cons of having sons versus having daughters, he remarked, "Ya got a teenage boy, ya gotta worry about one little prick in town; ya got a teenage daughter, ya gotta worry about every little prick in town."

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    I would like nothing more than to fire one of my FALs into a crowd of rioting 3rd world shitbags.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scottryan View Post
    I would like nothing more than to fire one of my FALs into a crowd of rioting 3rd world shitbags.
    Be prepared your country is evolving into something less than it once was.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scottryan View Post
    I would like nothing more than to fire one of my FALs into a crowd of rioting 3rd world shitbags.
    Just wait. On a long enough timeline, you'll get your chance.
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    Well, this should help calm things down.

    Reuters is reporting a group of three Asian Muslim men were run down in the street and killed while protecting their neighborhood from looters after attending Ramadan prayers at a local mosque (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7760G820110810)

    Interesting that both the BBC and New York Times accounts of the same incident either downplay or fail to mention the men were Muslim (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-14471405 and http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/wo...html?ref=world).

    The men's religion may have nothing to do with the hit-and-run incident, but it is surely an angle which could be easily exploited by those motivated to incite further unrest.

    Wonder how those London 2012 Summer Olympics tickets are selling?

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    my inlaws were from London got out and moved to Canada some time ago and as he says so glad that he is not in that country and its sad to have seen it go so badly downhill shortly after WWII it started going and in the 80s and 90s started plummeting big time !
    now he does not even want to visit anymore

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    How would the Brits handle this situation if it was the Irish rioting?
    SSG Jimmy Ide- KIA 28 Aug 10, Hyderabad, AFG

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