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Some link riots to moral decay across British society

27.08.11

LONDON — On a map, you can withdraw arrive a razor-straight line directly north from London's gleaming financial division, the City, to the Tottenham neighborhood 6 miles away, the epicenter of the riots that flared throughout England this month.

But as Britons revive from the worst civil disturbance to hit their country in a generation, many are asking whether another line connects the two communities: a aphorism decay that runs through British society from top to bottom.

The looting, arson and violence that killed five people sparked defile over a "feral" underclass of mostly inner-city young people who gleefully plundered shops and destroyed livelihoods. Courts are working overtime to dispose of hundreds of suspects, meting out harsh sentences as a deterrent, to widespread public blessing.

A growing chorus, however, has begun pointing out that greed and contempt for the rules aren't ethical the preserve of the thugs who smashed store windows and helped themselves to plasma TVs and designer clothes.

Source: The Seattle Times