The Beast that is man.

The Tottenham  London  Black August riots have just finished.

I only bring it up because I think the entire thing is fascinating. Everyone knows its began with the fatal shooting of Mark Duggan who was known for carrying firearms, pointed and aimed a gun at a police officer and was then shot fatally.

Now initially I understand, even though he was fairly shot under rules of engagement, people might be a little miffed if thier mate was killed and it would be fun to trash a few cop cars and then scatter before your caught.

Its whats happened since that fascinates me, and as Ive watched the coverage of this mass destruction of television the same quote keeps running through my head.
"The man the makes a beast of himself, takes away the pain of being a man"
I cant remember where I heard it, but it suddenly popped into my head why watching it, and I suppose its very true in this circumstance. There are many reasons suggested why the riots took place, The government suggest that it shows "the Moral Crisis of Britain" today, others suggest Race tensions, A few even compared it to a communist uprisal that was a long time coming.

Its my own personal opinion that people just like to smash stuff up, steal and freshen things up a bit with a little chaos. and that the other 'causes' were just 'civilised' human beings distancing themselves from the rioters.

I dont believe in the term 'civilised' human, We could all do the things man has considered "inhumane" and probably much worse, from Smashing and looting in london to Playing football with Bosnian heads in Serbia and anyone who describes the Rioters in an 'Us & them' style of narrative of the riots is being unrealistic.

At the risk of being labled a Revolutionary or Cold. I think the riots themselves are some of the purest expression I've seen a long time. And I've enjoyed watching them on television as a spectacle as I know millions of others have as well, although not nearly as much as the people actual rioting probably enjoyed themselves.

And to the victims, I say you've had Human Nature forced upon you when you had so come to expect the 'civilised' way that people are supposed to act. And although I sympathise with any small time shop owners or owners of material goods who can scarcely replace them. I very much enjoyed Sony being looted.

I almost laughed when the coverage of the riots finished and the first headline was "THE HACKING SCANDAL" as I thought that was dead and buried.