Cameron's apparent inability to recognise that the traits he decries in the rioters and looters are the same as those held by the bankers who have impoverished millions of people and continue to steal by not paying anything near the same tax rate as hoi polloi, or the newspaper magnates who profited from their lackeys' phone tapping. In short, feral groups with no respect for common morality and with an overwhelming sense of privilege, but they're rich, so that's all right.
I personally think the death blow was dealt by the Chinese government when they applauded Cameron's "striking the right balance between freedom and responsibility" when he suggested shutting down the Internet in the event of further public unrest.
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Date: 2011-08-15 07:22 pm (UTC)I personally think the death blow was dealt by the Chinese government when they applauded Cameron's "striking the right balance between freedom and responsibility" when he suggested shutting down the Internet in the event of further public unrest.