The riots that trashed the streets of major cities in England last week have raised some unanswered questions and given answers to questions we thought we would never find ourselves asking. It was a tragic period in England that we all had to witness and one week on we follow the developments and justice is now being served!
It is not as though we did not know that these kinds of people existed in our communities. There has always been gangs that loiter the streets; day in day out, night after night. They look bored, unenthusiastic about life and certainly you would chose to walk in the opposite direction if you were to find yourself walking towards them. There has always been troublesome children in schools who become rowdy and cause disruption. They act out to release a feeling of loneliness, failure and disconnection from the world around them.
How can it now be stated, by so many, mainly those that have been involved in the riots in one form or another, that the riots were triggered by poverty and the lack of jobs?!?! There has not always been a recession. There have been and still are jobs available to people of any age...you just have to look for them. Laziness and pure greed eats at the people that think they can stay at home, live off benefits and destroy our great cities. They have no manners, no remorse and no respect because they have always been this way, not because of the recession. Yes, people become depressed over time of unemployment and feel like there is nowhere to turn but I do not believe that this kind of person would turn into a raving thug!
These people did not grow to become a thug over night. But they haven’t helped themselves now, in what they believe are already tough times. They should have stepped back and thought about their actions before they committed to them. At least that way, they would have the second chance in life created by themselves and not by our PM!
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