So you burn your pagoda

[aceofshrubs]

[Companion entry to my piece about social contracts. My reaction to the seemingly dominant reaction to the London Riots.]

I have never been so disappointed in people I thought were reasonable and open minded.

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[swordianmaster]

The problem is that Britain has wingnut retard-ass conservatives who think that anyone who doesn't have pockets as full as theirs is a "lesser" person. EVERY place in the world has them, it's just that in America and Britain, those people are in a seat of power somehow, and as of such are the "damning" majority.

I'm a bit of a wingnut retard, myself, but it's more in the sociopathic, misanthropic "just execute anyone involved in these riots regardless of race, class, or standing" way.

I'm glad that I wasn't the only one to see the obvious parallel between these riots and the 91 LA riots - though London hasn't had a devastating earthquake to trigger things, I don't think.

[swordianmaster]

And to further cement my freakish sociopathy, I want to clarify 'anyone involved' to include the London police and possibly upper echelons of government. They helped start the mess, after all, they should be partly responsible.

All humans are equal. It's a shame that zero equals zero in a vaccuum. People build relationships, and those relationships are the only meaning that any single person has. At their core, a person is only worth the resources they waste.