More on Englands Riots

I think those of us who live in UK need to ask, of all this rioting and looting who has benefited over all, its not us the citizens thats for sure. The Police were very against the proposed cuts, yet now they have been given even more powers and no doubt the proposed cuts to them will be scrapped. So Who has gained from these riots??? THE POLICE.

The same Police who stood around and did nothing whilst the youngsters involved were rioting and looting, its been said several times during this last week that when much of the rioting and looting was going on the Police were nowhere to be seen. Why was that I wonder?

I still maintain these kids were subject to some form of mind control - brainwashing. I Do NOT condone whats been done but I think theres a lot more to it than meets the eye.  I also believe its was no accident that these riots started. As well as the Police being given more powers blah blah, theres also the fact that these riots have taken the heat off of them for shooting Mark Duggan, who its been established DID NOT fire at the police at all.

Been doing some research into crowds etc, the following is some of what I found. links included.

Crowd Psychology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_psychology
Mind Control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_control
Brainwashing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainwashing
Collective Behaviour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_behavior

Social scientists have developed theories to explain crowd behavior.

Contagion Theory - the Contagion Theory was formulated by Gustave Le Bon. According to him, crowds exert a hypnotic influence over their members. Shielded by their anonymity, large numbers of people abandon personal responsibility and surrender to the contagious emotions of the crowd. A crowd thus assumes a life of its own, stirring up emotions, and driving people toward irrational, even violent action.

Convergence Theory - whereas the Contagion Theory states that crowds cause people to act in a certain way, Convergence theory states that people who want to act in a certain way come together to form crowds. It asserts that people with similar attributes find other like-minded persons with whom they can release underlying tendencies. People sometimes do things in a crowd that they would not have the courage to do alone because crowds can diffuse responsibility. Crowds, in addition, can intensify a sentiment simply by creating a critical mass of like-minded people.

Emergent-Norm Theory -  crowds begin as collectivities composed of people with mixed interests and motives. Especially in the case of less stable crowds—expressive, acting and protest crowds—norms may be vague and changing, as when one person decides to break the glass windows of a store and others join in and begin looting merchandise.

Flash mobs
A flash mob is a spontaneous gathering of individuals, usually organized in advance through electronic means, that performs a specific, usually peculiar action and then disperses. These actions are often bizarre others have been able to organize and manipulate such large crowds with the help of electronic devices and social networks.  On February 13, 2009, for example, a 22-year-old Facebook user organized a flash mob which temporarily shut down London’s Liverpool Street station.