Police were ordered to stand down as London burned:
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According to eyewitnesses to the initial riots in Tottenham, police were seen “standing back and allowing rioters to cause havoc,” a trend that continued during subsequent nights before Prime Minister David Cameron ordered 10,000 extra police officers to patrol London last night.

This has now been confirmed by sources within Scotland Yard who said police were ordered to “stand and observe” even as brazen acts of violent crime were committed against both people and private property, a directive which prevented them from arresting any of the troublemakers.
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The police’s inadequate response quickly led to calls for martial law, curfews and the use of water cannons on streets in England for the first time, a power that Prime Minister David Cameron has now authorized.

Britain’s most widely-read newspaper The Sun ran a poll today which found that two thirds of Brits support the use of rubber bullets to deal with rioters, while 33 per cent supported the use of live bullets.

“Curfews are backed by 82 per cent, using tear gas got 78 per cent support and Tasers 72 per cent,” states the report.

I feel dumber listening to this guy - What information did he have to give apart from - Youth - stop it - you'll regret it in the future.......

Come on - When 2000 young blacks marched in protest to scotland yard, they were ignored and no press coverage came from it, when they riot - people seem to pay a bit more attention....

A little more research into possible causes for the riots and a talk about that would be far more interesting than this guy.

I'll probably get rid of the disc option, seeing as I had King of Scotland sitting on my coffee table for 3 months before returning it unwatched. The streaming is worth the money, IMO

If William Wallace had nuts the size of that squirrel's nuts, we would have all been living in Scotland World right now.

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>> ^MaxWilder:

I'm a little bit shocked a the misogyny going on here. She's got every right to complain. If there was a glass ceiling above the urinals, you better bet I'd complain.
Stop being assholes.


how is that Evan comparable ? there is a difference having something specifically designed to watch people piss than having something that accidentally would allow sum one to briefly see up sum-ones skirt if they really put effort into it.

And really by now toilets should be mixed i don,t see why its acceptable to have a bloke look at u dick and piss next to you but no have a woman do the same.

The juge makes out that all men are specifcaly going to go there to perv on women , and that it was designed by men for that the juge in manny ways is the sexist in this situation , making out that men r all perverts ( although granted she was making a piont about types of people in court and im sure the editing could have changed how the judje cam across , non the less she still hinting at men been perverts by defult)

In scotland men ware skirts with no underwear if i was waring a skirt and sumone looked at my penis i wouldn't have an issue with it its just a penis people need to grow the fuck up.

The fact the judge apreaches this with anger rather than a pragmatic humors / or emotional neutral approach shows she is a retard and probably not suitable as a judge.

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Indeed! *happy and *celtic!>> ^LadyDeath:

Viva Scotland ,scottish people are so happy.

*Viva Scotland ,scottish people are so happy.

Liberals don't like this Dr. Cosby as much:


We Cannot Blame the White People any Longer

By Dr. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed.D.

They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English.

I can't even talk the way these people talk:

"Why you ain't,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be...".

And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk.

And then I heard the father talk.

Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.

In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living.

People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.

The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal.

These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids.

$500 sneakers for what?

And they won't spend $200 for "Hooked on Phonics."

I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.

Where were you when he was 2?

Where were you when he was 12?

Where were you when he was 18, and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol?

And where is the father? Or who is his father?

People putting their clothes on backward. Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong?

People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something?

Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles (piercings) going through her body?

What part of Africa did this come from?

We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa.

I say this all of the time — it would be like white people saying they are European-American — that is totally stupid.

I was born here, and so were my parents and grand parents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland, or the Netherlands.

The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa — so stop, already!

With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap...and all of them are in jail.

Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.

We have got to take the neighborhood back.

People used to be ashamed.

Today a woman has eight children with eight different 'husbands' — or men or whatever you call them now.

We have millionaire football players who cannot read.

We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs. We, as black folks, have to do a better job.

Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us.

We have to start holding each other to a higher standard....

>> ^Deano:
As an Englishman if I spent my days explaining we don't all have crap teeth, live in Castles, are rubbish in bed and dress like tramps I'd never leave the house.
This has reminded me of a program in Jeremy Clarkson's CV that might be interesting. Called Jeremy Clarkson meets the Neighbours he travelled around Europe seeing if people matched their stereotypes. And then at the end a representive from that country would be interviewed and happily mock their nation.


As it was pointed out in Steve Coogan's article, there is a huge difference between rich white people making fun of other rich white people, and rich white people making fun of mexicans. For example, the same racist joke can be perfectly acceptable coming from a black comedian, but quite offensive when told by a white comedian.

I imagine that there's not much exposure to Mexicans in Britain, and perhaps Britain is spared the tension between different races, cultures, and social/economic status that long marred American history. So out of sheer ignorance I guess Hammond's joke could seem quite harmless.

Just out of curiosity, how would people react if an Englishman said similarly degrading things about the Scottish or Indians? (though I'm sure Scotland is much better off than Mexico)

http://videosift.com/video/Comedian-Danny-Bhoy-Takes-Us-on-a-Tour-of-Scotland

cross promote....

Here's an example of the idiocy of the network censors....

Craig has a robot skeleton sidekick, which can move but has very limited range of motion. And it is pretty jerky movement. Geoff has an arm movement that bears a resemblance to what Craig calls "self massage." The censor allows it. When Craig imitated the movement of Geoff, early on, he was told by the censor that he couldn't.

Geoff has no skin or the necessary equipment (it is stuck in customs, is the running joke), so he can do it. Craig has skin, so he can't.

So I guess the haggis falls into the "has skin" category. Jeesh.

I tape his show and watch it religiously, can you tell?

I. Love. This. Man.


>> ^dag:

^yeah sorry about that. I still find it hard to believe that a censor would have a problem showing the national dish of Scotland on TV.

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

^yeah sorry about that. I still find it hard to believe that a censor would have a problem showing the national dish of Scotland on TV.

I don't quite agree with this sentiment. I say These catastrophic incidents happened because of greed and narrow self interest, but not because taking risk is bad.

I was brought up from the old world with accompanying mentality. A conservative mentality where most old world societies such as North Africa, Middle east, Scotland/Ireland, India and Fast East identify with. We prioritize tradition and stability. We don't like new things nor do we like failures. We criticize those who experiment, and blame them for failing.

And in most of these countries we subjugate women and value the strength of community more than the individual liberty. There's no significant technological or social breakthrough because nobody wants to take a risk, and want to keep things the way they are.

So I don't know. Is risk such a bad thing? It's okay to take risks as long as you're prepared to take on the consequences. And that requires thought and self reflection of your own available resources. But when in an institution that blindingly drives you towards profit and huge outcome, you are bound to take big risks you probably cannot handle.