tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post5068558330869674224..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Riot, Try It: A Pragmatics of Urban Disruption in a Planet of SlumsDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-40983755491901283202011-08-13T22:35:07.871-07:002011-08-13T22:35:07.871-07:00I'm absolutely horrified by how the british me...I'm absolutely horrified by how the british media, pundits & politicians are handling the protests & riots. Folks in this country would be tarred & feathered if they uttered some of the shockingly racist & classist stuff coming from some of these pundits.<br /><br />Americans tend to put the british on a moral & intellectual pedestal. However, in reality the british psyche is the most schizophrenic & two-faced in the world when it comes to race/ethnicity, class, immigrants, etc. Of course, the Americans only see the "Dr. Jekyll" side. <br /><br />Oh, and Obama would never have been elected prime minister in the UK.myst101https://www.blogger.com/profile/03727999380764907413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-76303458753303927352011-08-13T16:44:45.717-07:002011-08-13T16:44:45.717-07:00Indeed.Indeed.Dale Carricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-13342307861872034692011-08-13T16:21:07.957-07:002011-08-13T16:21:07.957-07:00Hmmm...I wonder if all the costs associated with t...Hmmm...I wonder if all the costs associated with the riots will end up cancelling out or even exceeding the savings Cameron had hoped for from the austerity cuts. Something to think about.. especially for other governments thinking about implementing similar austerity measures.myst101https://www.blogger.com/profile/03727999380764907413noreply@blogger.com