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Originally Posted by joeysteele
I personally am not in favour of things like this done in the heat of the moment.So I wouldn't sign up to this petition.
I would want a lot of advice and a long inquiry into the matter first. Having said that, I can see the logic in taking valuable possessions of the convicted.
Let the heat die down then make rational and well thought out decisions on further punishments if deemed necessary.
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You're quite right, of course, but "laissez-faire" has been one of the causes of the current "problems" - in the past few decades there have been massive changes in technology, wealth and social behaviour which successive governments have failed to curtail, control or even consider - this article dicusses some of the issues, including Welfare dependence, Social exclusion, Lack of fathers, Spending cuts, Weak policing, Racism, Gangsta rap and culture, Consumerism, Opportunism and Technology & social networking :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14483149
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The competing arguments used to explain the riots
Many theories have been posited about the underlying causes of the riots in England - from moral decay to excessive consumerism. Here two criminologists give their views on some of the arguments.
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