[SoulManic]

Originally Posted by shillelagh

im watching bbc news at the min .. and they just had a woman guest on ... she says that the rioters dont know that what they were doing was wrong .... if thats the case then why are they not doing that every day when they go out ...

Even in my day there were youths who were "wrong 'uns" but they knew they were doing wrong and understood the consequences. These recent rioters may or may not know that what they are doing is wrong but the difference now is that they just don't care. Apparently they don't seem to have a conscience - the one thing which was supposed to distinguish humans from the rest of the animal world. Also they know that woolly-headed judges won't hand out real punishment so they have nothing to fear from authority.