'A riot is the language of the unheard. '

[Ichingcarpenter]

[cali]

1. sometimes. and sometimes it's just violence and hooliganism

I'd rather do what he did. Notice that riots were NOT his thing.

[Rex]

2. .

"Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change." - Malcolm X.

[Ichingcarpenter]

6. keyboard broke....can't rely n. t

[SoDesuKa]

3. It's Hard to Ignore a Riot

Mainstream Britishers don't want to be bothered with sad stories of what's happening to the poor. Peaceful protests won't get any response at all. However, riots that spill out of control are attention-getting.

I've often wondered what keeps the American underclass so well-behaved. Maybe it's the ongoing expectation that things will be different when a Black guy is elected president. Hmm. Maybe Sarah Palin was onto something important.

It's hard to ignore a riot.

[ellisonz]

5. Guns, Tasers, and a Code of Silence.

edit: tear gas and rubber bullets do.

These are all things the British police have not employed.

[OHdem10]

4. That is right. There is no shortage of Television coverage of

Riots.

Here at home, the Louder and More Boistoerous the TeaParty
the more coverage.

It is not the size of the crowd, it is the passion of the crowd.

[tk2kewl]

7. .

[seabeyond]

8. i am just not buying it. nt

[Bragi]

9. Great quote! Thanks!

It's a terrific counterpoint to the simplistic MSM and police meme that the riots are "pure criminality" with no political or social meaning.

I've just used it as a new sig line!

[chill_wind]

10. From his speech

"The Other America"

Speech by
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Grosse Pointe High School - March 14, 1968

all of it here:

http://www.gphistorical.org/mlk/mlkspeech/index.htm

[Raine]

11. A riot is just criminal activity by a mob ... now a rebellion that can be something different

but if all you're doing is looting and destroying amongst your own that's just a fucking riot. x(

[SmileyRose]

12. He's correct but he clearly disapproved.

He gave his life working to channel the anger into something productive instead of destructive.