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Some people (I am speaking in general terms from various media comments) need to stop blaming poverty, unemployment, etc... for these riots. I lived for 5 years in rural Africa. People struggles to get one meal a day but didn't loot or riot. Most genuine poor people I met were quite polite, kind and considerate. Elders are respected. Youths wouldn't dream of answering back to anyone older than themselves - regardless of their own education or lack of. The rural (and poorer areas) showed this even more so than the urban, richer areas.
What we are seeing is greed. Society doesn't teach or instill respect for authority or for other people. It is cooler to question than it is to obey. While that is good in some ways, the British are now reaping the effects of TV pushing boundaries, social media, lack of respect for anyone older than yourself, etc...
No simple solutions to the problems in UK, but lets not say they are hard done by. Most would get more than one meal a day. Most have access to schools. Most have far better opportunities than 90% of the world - even if they are an ethnic minority in the UK they still have it better off than most places in the world. Yet some people try to excuse the poor behaviour...
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