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Originally Posted by din155
What happened in London and other cities was more of a looting that rioting. Apparently you can get more valuables out of a Nike Shop than Waterstone's.
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As far as I can tell, there were basically two types of rioters. Most of the media have focused on the first type, where people were looting expensive stuff (plasma TVs etc). As you say, a pair of Nike trainers is worth a lot more than a book.
It's worth noting, however, that there were instances of people looting food from shops like Lidl and Aldi (for those of you that don't know, they're
very cheap supermarkets). I have a lot more sympathy for those people, because if you're stealing food from a supermarket that sells very cheap food, chances are you're doing it because you're in severe economic distress, not because (to quote one looter) "Why wouldn't I take the chance to get free stuff?"