Bag's Rants

Anarchy in the UK revisited.

Hot topic still on the news is the disturbances in Birmingham. More trouble has occurred. With guns and petrol bombs. The news reports there are two dead but there is only one mentioned on the BBC site.

The community leaders are calling for calm. I watched them discuss it last night on the TV. It was quite interesting. 'The elders will discuss it and come up with a way forward'. Sounds like something out of Charmed. It harks back to the old tribal ways which are not applicable any longer. The young ones, who are causing all this, no longer listen to the elders who they see as out of touch and unwilling to change. Elders who are in this position because of power and money. Amazingly, almost exactly how everyone sees politicians. Do this, do that, don’t answer back and we know best.

The young have no input and are seen as hot headed, lack consideration and are selfish. Interesting enough the same as the young in the rest of the UK. It seems the young are integrating well enough. Seems like it is the elders themselves that are not integrating too well. The young run around in their own social groups until they are old enough to appreciate the status quo. Then they join in. Undoubtedly in a similar way to the way Charles Clarke changed from when he was in university to being a supporter of Bliar's new Terror laws.

It reminds me of a similar, but much less serious, issue of music idols. In the olden days it was Elvis with his hips. Should be banned. The young loved him. Then it was Black Sabbath with the subliminal soundtracks and now Marilyn Manson and 2.5 pence or whatever. The people who loved Elvis hate these new bands and want them banned. They don't even see the irony in the situation as their roles are reversed. Ah, but it is different, they say. Of course it is. It always is.

Looks to me like the terrorists are winning. They have changed our way of life and are systematically destroying our freedoms. All with the investment of a few home grown amateur terrorists. Our responses to these guys are going to create a revolution in the UK. These disturbances are only the first bubbles as the pot heads towards boiling point with the heat full on.

posted by Bag @ 12:16 pm