UK sound off
POSTED BY: stinkingrose
UPDATED: Saturday, August 13, 2011 17:48
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Wish a chara, I wasn't trying to be mean, just thinking that Stinky had other more benign and ... caring intentions for this thread. Thanks Stinky, I think its a good idea. Hopefully Byte's friend is allright, she posts here from time to time so either she herself or Byte will tell us if she's okay.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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I'm not gonna bother to argue the points...sleep sounds better...
Still...
If you actually do find a person or two to come in here and post on a TV show fansite especially during the middle of a riot, I'd be SHOCKED! There's only been about a half-dozen of ya post at this place in 10 years anyhoo...
What I find so ironic is I saw this coming years ago, and I don't even live there...
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I'm fine. the closest riots [so far] were in Bristol 25 miles away. My son in Liverpool saw some cars set alight near the end of his road and was staying with a friend in the 'burbs last night for safety.
Devout Keeper of Jayne's Lunchbox
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I too live outside the affected areas. The closest one to me is Leicester which is about five miles away. The city centre had some trouble yesterday, mainly looting and vandalism, but nothing on the scale of other areas.
Byte:
I hope you hear from your friend soon and that they are okay.
"The greatest invention ever is not the wheel. It's the second wheel." - Rich Hall
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I'm going to try emailing again. Sometimes she gets swamped I think and my emails might drop off her radar.
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Present and correct and cleaning up Manchester with 200+ other people.
Peacekeeper---keeping order in every verse!!!
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We had some trouble here in Leicester last night, but not as bad as other cities.
Leics police are sending more in tonight just in case it happens again, but I'm okay.
Just annoyed that the dumb frakkers are starting it up here too
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Some attacks on police stations in Nottingham (unusual that - elsewhere they've been going for the shopping areas) but there's not a sign outside of those areas. Its certainly serious, and terrifying for the people in the areas involved, but its not the apocalypse you might gather from the media.
I think there were three deaths in Manchester, which is terrible, and a couple of muggings but apart from that, the main "victims" seems to have been buildings.
I hope the news of the spontaneous clean-up has been making it out of the UK, too:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14456857
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Glad you guys are okay and helping clean up the mess. I didn't realize that it had spread to other places besides the London area, I guess I haven't paid as much attention as I should have.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Aliasse says she's okay, so we have another browncoat checking in.
The whole thing is just sad. The circumstances that prompted the riots, the living conditions of many of the people who are rioting, the death of people who are innocent or just doing their jobs.
This will have some long term impacts. Probably many of the rioters are really just making things worse for themselves long term, and this looks like some kind of schism in the nation of the UK itself.
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