Like most of Britain I am mainly watching in disbelief- veering between barely contained fury and desperate sadness. It absolutely makes my blood boil that there are so many people who have so little respect for their community, their neighbourhoods and their peers that they can do so much wanton damage, destroying livelihoods and decimating anything and anyone in their way. It makes me very, very sad that there are so many people who think they have a right to steal (or loot) in this disgusting way, and it makes me even sadder that these young people do not seem to have anyone who to stop them going out into the riot areas.
Am I the only person who is disturbingly reminded of those violent console games by these images of theft and fire on the TV news? I can't help but think that these excessively dark games have normalised this abhorrent kind of behaviour for many young people. I don't in any way think that this excuses the behaviour, but I think society needs to take a long hard look at what has influenced so many of our younger generations.
These are dark and scary times- I've never seen anything like this in this country in my lifetime. I sincerely hope that this is a short-lived nightmarish chapter, and that constructive lessons can be learnt, but I fear in the short term we have more to come, and I greatly fear that may mean unrest closer to home.
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