Hi alternative-answer,
With all due respect I think there may be a rosy picture trying to be painted here.
As a youth I remembered the extremely aggressive behaviour of football 'fans' making not only the supporters of the other team, but also their own 'run the gauntlet' when I lived in Heywood near to Bury - Lancashire.
We cannot also forget the Toxteth riots which spread nationwide - I remember listening to shortband hearing the police trying to stop unruly people attempting to loot a town center.
I remember also when the coalminers went on strike during the hard times - desperate times called for desperate measures.
The point is that people are capable of hurting and maiming just for the fun of it, so I imagine that if they had a reason to hurting and maiming and killing (like here in Brazil) it just becomes second nature.
We've all seen images of Africa where dead bodies are strewn and pedestrians walk by not even noticing what is on the ground.
We are capable of anything put under the right circumstances and that was the point I was trying to make.
Best regards,
Steve
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Originally Posted by alternative-answer
This is a bit fatalistic, I disagree that when it comes to it, we will turn on each other, I think as the truth is revealed those in positions of (alleged power) will defend their own. We tend to become more galvanised here in the uk.
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