Friday August 12, 2011
I've Been Thinking:

Commentary from the other side of the pond: Even casual observation of the rising surge of violence enveloping Great Britain leads us to conclude that the rioters feel comfortable and anonymous enough to join in and celebrate the destruction.

Mass mentality is a powerful tool - it is a dangerous and destructive tool.

Scotland Yard will slowly call people to account for their actions and their crimes. The police are using facial recognition software to identify participants and will, in the end, find and prosecute the perpetrators for their role in these days of bedlam.

It used to be that after riots people, the masses, slipped back into the woodwork and resumed their normal lives. The average rioter did not refer to the events and it was as if no one had been part of the destruction - as if they were all anonymous, leaving only the leaders to accept responsibility.

Technology has changed all that. Now, no one can slip away and even faces hidden behind masks can be identified,
We are witnessing a new level of civil discontent. Now comes the consequences.

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