The Riots

I was shocked and horrified when I heard about the riots. There were no reasons for this to happen, simply excuses. However I rested safe in the knowledge that the Yummy Mummies of Norwich and all ensuing offspring would not riot because........well because we are Norwich. Well I was wrong there was a riot and it took place in one shop in the city , PRIMARK. I defy 5000 looters to make the mess ordinary shoppers make of that store by 3pm Saturday. Women's lingerie in the same rack as Men's socks is unnatural but that is the state of Primark come Saturday afternoon. But away from this why should people riot? Because they are not respected by the police? It is not the job of the police to respect people it is their job to catch criminals who by their very definition do not deserve respect. Looters have no money and as a result no hope. Well then get a job, when living in Liverpool I had little hope and less money but I created both by getting educated and becoming gainfully employed. Rioting is not about social inequalities, it is about wanton criminality, Is Prison the answer? Well it keeps them off the streets and I imagine opportunities to loot at Wandsworth are limited to plastic cups and postal bags. Of course the law only works for those who don't break it, Prison doesn't work for the perpetrators of crime but it works well for the victims and I would suggest it is the reason why it is there. Crime is not ethic, it is not gender based, it is not culturally based. It is greed driven and people who use society as an excuse should be removed from the society they so object to. The only riot I have ever witnessed was when I was the link man for Frank Carson and he didn't turn up. Most of the punters thought I was not worth the 50 quid ticket price and hurled everything at me to get me off. If you had heard my act you too would have done similar. I am to comedy what Rupert Murdoch is to free speech. Anyway all is quiet again on the Western front until the police start dissing a 17 year old unemployed drug dealer, then we will return to square one. Societies never learn they simply evolve and eventually return to past mistakes.