i have no sympathy or time for these moronic wastes of oxygen.........every bloody time there's always an excuse for them...'it's not their fault he/she hasn't got a job'...'it's not his/hers fault.the teachers should've done more'...it's always everyone elses fault never theirs......then if they do get caught it's a slap on the wrist and told not to be a naughty boy/girl...they just laugh at it......

no one has told these rioters to go out and do this...they've chosen too.....they've chosen to partake in the type of behaviour croc described in her post and more.......they're just mindless loutish thugs who wouldn't want a job if it ran up to them singing and dancing in the street shouting 'pick me'.....

why would they work when they can sponge the system...sleep in til midday...and behave exactly how they want when they want with no one to answer too.can anyone honestly see the types croc described putting in a 12 hour day 5/6 days a week?....no chance!

they are to blame.......they love the mindless violence....... they thrive on it...but of course they're not as brave as they'd like you to think...hence the covering of their faces

BBC reporting further air support being asked for. I'd bring in ground support - the tanks! 

I'm actually crying here - I can't believe it!

Couple of tanks rumbling down the streets would sort em out 

Croc, I'd appreciate if you didn't call my views shit. Thanks you.

Oh wow! Cameron's just got on a plane and will be home tomorrow. Bully for him.

I've said before that him and Clegg are just two wee boys playing at grown-ups,

Tottenham happened THREE nights ago, he should have come home then!

Yep just going to post about Cameron... I really can't believe the pictures I'm watching right now ...

Couple of tanks rumbling down the streets would sort em out 

Croc, I'd appreciate if you didn't call my views shit. Thank you.

I'm pretty certain I have acknowledged all the horrible implecations for people on the site of this. That does not mean because I don't jump on the bandwaggon of 'get them by any means', that my views are shit. Thanks Syd.

for me this has nothing to do with disharmony in the community or feelings of despair and such...........this is just mob rule and all out violence..if they really cared about their community would they set fire to corner shops which some bloke has run for years building a business.??........who is probably on first name terms with his customers and works all the hours he can?.......no they wouldn't............would they set fire to shops with homes above them knowing they could kill innocent people?......no they wouldn't..........would they drag a woman from her car and beat her up?? (as croc described in her post)..no they wouldn't

you don't care for your community by torching shops,beating people up and nicking stuff and destroying homes and businesses in your own community

they are low life scum plain and simple

Can't they shut down Twitter?

for me this has nothing to do with disharmony in the community or feelings of despair and such...........this is just mob rule and all out violence..if they really cared about their community would they set fire to corner shops which some bloke has run for years building a business.??........who is probably on first name terms with his customers and works all the hours he can?.......no they wouldn't............would they set fire to shops with homes above them knowing they could kill innocent people?......no they wouldn't..........would they drag a woman from her car and beat her up?? (as croc described in her post)..no they wouldn't

you don't care for your community by torching shops,beating people up and nicking stuff and destroying homes and businesses in your own community

they are low life scum plain and simple

It's not just that though Rawky, as far as I can gather it's FB too and even Blackberry stuff. It will never happen, allthough it should 

I can't see these thugs stopping if someone goes and asks them nicely. I don't see them stopping if they are tackled by police. So what do we do? Let them carry on destroying the cities?

I agree that there has to be a strong hand to the crowd now, but does nobody agree that this has to be addressed. The MP for Tottenham said this morning this would be bad for selling houses etc in future. Should we not have MPs addressing the problem of the young who haven't got the first idea what to do with their lives after school?

for me this has nothing to do with disharmony in the community or feelings of despair and such...........this is just mob rule and all out violence..if they really cared about their community would they set fire to corner shops which some bloke has run for years building a business.??........who is probably on first name terms with his customers and works all the hours he can?.......no they wouldn't............would they set fire to shops with homes above them knowing they could kill innocent people?......no they wouldn't..........would they drag a woman from her car and beat her up?? (as croc described in her post)..no they wouldn't

you don't care for your community by torching shops,beating people up and nicking stuff and destroying homes and businesses in your own community

they are low life scum plain and simple

I can't see these thugs stopping if someone goes and asks them nicely. I don't see them stopping if they are tackled by police. So what do we do? Let them carry on destroying the cities?

I agree that there has to be a strong hand to the crowd now, but does nobody agree that this has to be addressed. The MP for Tottenham said this morning this would be bad for selling houses etc in future. Should we not have MPs addressing the problem of the young who haven't got the first idea what to do with their lives after school?

It may sound extreme but - if crowds are gathering and setting fire and looting - shouldn't tear gas be an option. These fires are dangerous - innocent people are being put in danger - why can they not use tear gas to disperse and arrest?

I can't see these thugs stopping if someone goes and asks them nicely. I don't see them stopping if they are tackled by police. So what do we do? Let them carry on destroying the cities?

I agree that there has to be a strong hand to the crowd now, but does nobody agree that this has to be addressed. The MP for Tottenham said this morning this would be bad for selling houses etc in future. Should we not have MPs addressing the problem of the young who haven't got the first idea what to do with their lives after school?

alot of kids don't have any ideas though col........they don't go out and destroy their community because of it............i would bet more than half don't even care if they get a job or not......where's the fun in getting up at 6 on a cold winters morning when you can stay in bed til lunchtime and then saunter off and meet your mates a bit later.....they don't want a job......it's too much effort.....too much interference on their lifestyle......as i said earlier.....can you honestly see the kids doing this putting in 12 hour days 5/6/7 days a week.......i can't

I think the time to address the youths is waaaay after the problem right before our eyes has been dealt with. Now they have to be dealing with the fires, rioting, looting etc. Getting people in danger out safely and making the streets safe again. Deal with the youths problems after they've been caught. If catching them means using force then that's what needs to be done. It's not only youths out there either

It may sound extreme but - if crowds are gathering and setting fire and looting - shouldn't tear gas be an option. These fires are dangerous - innocent people are being put in danger - why can they not use tear gas to disperse and arrest?