the point of uselesness. Ghettos and minorities [home grown and imported for labour] cut off from any chance of achievement, in conditions of recognised poverty, malnutrition and deprivation, building up angst, watch the lives of the rich and famous and are urged to buy consumer goods manufactured in even more deprived countries; whilst next door vast expensive arenas are erected to host empty displays of unity to the watching world, the buildings and resources of which are subsequently discarded [as a financial loss to the taxpayer or, more relevantly, to become 'investment opportunities' for chums of the ruling classes], erupt with pique and hostility to martial policing by combat clad paramilitaries [set apart from the local law enforcement] looking to justify their existence. The liberal cries -shame but thank god it's NIMBY; the fascist -control or deport them; the mass - why are we letting them do it; the government - what crisis; the middleclass - "make them work and we'll all be happy, is that the guacamole?" C18 Paris, Ancient Rome, South Africa, Moscow [any date], Tripoli, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bogota, Cairo, East Timor, London... Back to start. I suspect most of the rioters would laugh in the face of this analysis. From everything we've seen so far this isn't some sort of howl of righteous indignation from the dispossessed. It's a bunch of toe rags who've been alerted to the fact that the police are overstretched (cheers Cameron) and that it's now open season on trainers and other consumer