The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word 'No.'
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Riots born out of political issues aren't the same as those born out of personal greed.
I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by without violent rioting of one kind or another. They happen so frequently that they are almost part of London's texture.
Britain is rich in radicalism, and anyone who says that our society has drifted into fatalism and apathy should get out more.
The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
The most dangerous thing about student riots is that adults take them seriously.
Children say they are unhappy in every language they have. They say it in silence, and they say it in riots.
I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to go out and riot occasionally.
The violent rioting that is sometimes now being called protesting - it makes the emotions so high that you almost cannot see the insults and injuries that are the people are suffering.
I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.