Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:40 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Why??.... Personally, I think it would be a good start if we had organised armed squads actually offing scum like Duggan (like the Northern Ireland hit squads that were recently outed).

Nothing riles me more than when you hear about characters being referred to as known gangsters/ drug dealers/general scum, yet they are allowed to strut about with no threat of comeuppance - More no nonsense policing like the Duggan case would be appreciated by the majority of the British public.

You then turn us into Mexico

I don't feel sorry for him but actually targetting and killing criminals makes us a little bit Mega City One.

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:40 pm  

Richie wrote:

You won the lottery of life when you were born.

You do know you're talking to a man who hit himself with a brick don't you?

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:47 pm  

Him wrote:

You do know you're talking to a man who hit himself with a brick don't you?

Yes. The self-imposed handicaps were why I said top 10% rather than top 5%

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:53 pm  

Richie wrote:

Yes. The self-imposed handicaps were why I said top 10% rather than top 5%

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:01 pm  

Wire Yed wrote:

You then turn us into Mexico

I don't feel sorry for him but actually targetting and killing criminals makes us a little bit Mega City One.

In hindsight, it comes across as extreme and I apologise for any offence - However, it does anger me when people try to make martyrs out of people who deserve absolutely no pity.

Rather than being concerned that the police may have gone OTT, we should actually be quite relieved that there is one less vermin on the streets of Britain.

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:16 pm  

Richie wrote:

Tough choosing between Nike and Adidas isn't it. Would you have been happier being born in North Korea?
You won the lottery of life when you were born. Don't waste it.

I've read some wonderful stories about people overcoming adversity in North Korea. You should give Barbara Demicks 'Nothing to Envy' a read sometime.

When it comes to analogies to where people are born, I rather like what George Carlin once said:

George Carlin wrote:

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat.

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:18 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

I've read some wonderful stories about people overcoming adversity in North Korea. You should give Barbara Demicks 'Nothing to Envy' a read sometime.

Can you summarise it for me?

Damo-Leeds wrote:

When it comes to analogies to where people are born, I rather like what George Carlin once said:

Where would you have preferred to have been born?

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:26 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote: I've read some wonderful stories about people overcoming adversity in North Korea. You should give Barbara Demicks 'Nothing to Envy' a read sometime. I've skimmed it here http://nothingtoenvy.com/nothing-to-envy-excerpt// I guess you feel pretty lucky you had the head start of not having to overcome those adversities?

Damo-Leeds wrote: I've read some wonderful stories about people overcoming adversity in North Korea. You should give Barbara Demicks 'Nothing to Envy' a read sometime. I've skimmed it here http://nothingtoenvy.com/nothing-to-envy-excerpt// I guess you feel pretty lucky you had the head start of not having to overcome those adversities?

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:28 pm  

Richie wrote:

Can you summarise it for me?

Where would you have preferred to have been born?

It's a book about people's lives in North Korea. Barbara Demick interviewed a number of Asylum Seeker from the north who are now living in the south. It covers both good and bad things that happened in these peoples lives.

Being born in 1990 would have been a lot better as been involved with four decades makes me feel old. What this has got to do with Mark Duggan I don't really know. Maybe time to get back on topic?

Re: The Mark Duggan verdict. : Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:33 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

It's a book about people's lives in North Korea. Barbara Demick interviewed a number of Asylum Seeker from the north who are now living in the south. It covers both good and bad things that happened in these peoples lives.

I know what it's about. I was looking for a summary.

Damo-Leeds wrote:

Being born in 1990 would have been a lot better as been involved with four decades makes me feel old. What this has got to do with Mark Duggan I don't really know. Maybe time to get back on topic?

Your first sentance didn't make any sense to me
We are kind of on-topic with Mark Duggan, you feeling he was forced into his outlaw lifestyle, due to the bad luck of being living in a country with one of the best lifestyles and best opportunities for success in the world
I'm more bothered about the family agitating more trouble.