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Vlado asked in News & EventsCurrent Events · 10 years ago

UK riots and punishment for neighbour patrols?

Whats your opinion, should the people who went out to protect their neighborhood with swords, sticks and baseball bats be punished by the law?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2024358/UK...

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  • 10 years ago
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    They shouldn't be, in my opinion, but you can bet that the police will be watching them more closely that they will the rioters. Easy targets, that's what the police like.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    No law against standing outside your home, business or place of worship with baseball bats. Rioters continue rioting because they feel there's no consequences, they'll go to places that aren't protected rather than trying to take people on. In the cases where the vigilantes actually use violence defensively they should face the punishments of law with the usual leniencies but in those moments they should probably do it anyway.

  • shake
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    i do no longer think of that this is a punishment from God. The souls in contact in this would have chosen to take part as this is going to be area of their spirtual improve. even in spite of the undeniable fact that they might have been motivated via undesirable spirts which effect you like your guardion angel does. via thoughs as an occasion while get a theory to smile at a stranger... think of roughly all of it the undesirable issues on your existence have taught you a lesson that's a component of turning right into a larger guy or woman. so as that's what that's doing for them. in spite of the undeniable fact that the folk who died would have thoroughly long previous back to heaven, their souls nonetheless would have chosen this. anybody is so petrified of dealth because of the fact they do no longer understand approximately it. yet on some point that's what makes it thrilling. Dealth is undesirable because you lose some thing yet stable because of the fact the soul has "performed that's venture".

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    No with a bit of luck these people will dish out to these thugs what they actually deserve its the only thing they understand its time to treat violent little thugs with a language they understand, not slap them on the wrist and tell them not to do it again, good on the people trying to protect there neighbourhood its about time these kids were brought under control if there parents will not do it then these people will hopefully.

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  • 10 years ago

    there's not many choices to choose from, either wait for the police who'll do nothing anyway just watch, therefore everything will be destroyed, or, try and save it if you can. gut instinct is to protect whats yours, fight for survival. so no, they should get a medal for doing a job the police should have done.

  • 10 years ago

    No! Absolutely not! It's time the streets were taken back for and by the decent people in our country - there is no need to have to live in fear of scum - they can live in the sewers they breed in!

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    In times during which the authorities are unable to protect us, then it devolves upon us to protect ourselves.

  • JOHN G
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    There was no confrontation the rioters stayed away, nothing happened.

  • 10 years ago

    If the cops cant do **** clearly we need to defend ourselves ! and NO

  • 10 years ago

    They should let them get on with it. Arrest anyone wearing a hoodie.

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