Thinking about how when this is over, how will those who have looted and rioted, be different? Will they carry an aura of smugness, that they were able, briefly, to feel powerful? Proud? How many have taken part? Certainly thousands, maybe tens of thousands. Will they be able to resist talking about it? Will there be an obvious divide between the looters and the not-looters? "What did you do in the riots, daddy?"
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I think it's an interesting question because the numbers mean nothing like all participants will be held to account even in the long term.
Having been once that powerful, that out of control, what will it mean for them ? How will it affect them in other situations - whether to hold back in a street or domestic argument, whether to commit other crimes like street robbing or burglary.
Surely it must be going to affect them. Wealthy people spend thousands to send their kids off for formative, intense gap year experiences expecting them to have a lasting impact. Has this had a different lasting impact on a sizeable number of the generation of young men in our community ?
I suspect the flip side of what you are suggesting will also be in operation. How acceptable will it be as a young person to have NOT taken part. In a tough area, how possible will it be to say 'I stayed home with my mum ?"
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/camila-batmanghel...
Very good article I think. We need to get engaged with this.
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