I actually have a lot to say on this, but I'm currently on my iPod and studying for a statistics test (because I'm not a mindless yob and want to get somewhere in life).

But I also think that it's wrong to deny the context in which this is occurring. Poverty, incredible income inequality, lack of opportunity, social anomie, to name a few.

I'll come back and elaborate, but I stress that none of that can be used as an excuse for any given individual to loot. I watched a disgusting video of a kid of 13, bleeding on the sidewalk, being helped up -- so that other kids could steal the stuff from his backpack.

The central question is: what caused society to sink to that level? Why is it happening in the UK as opposed to other 'developed' countries?