Right, I thought I would make another post about the riots.
First of all, let me once again state that the people who took part in them were wrong to do so. But what I am getting annoyed with is the way people are stating that this is the fault of a lack of morality. Worse, that people are blaming this on a lack of parenting.
BBC News: David Cameron "sickened" by mindless violence.
At least when him and Boris went around smashing up people's livelihoods for no apparent reason, they were civilised enough to do it in bow ties and tailcoats and call themselves the Bullingdon Club.
At least when him and Boris went around smashing up people's livelihoods for no apparent reason, they were civilised enough to do it in bow ties and tailcoats and call themselves the Bullingdon Club.
You see as I stated earlier. People are blaming race, they are blaming parenting, they are blaming the lack of morals but they do not realise, that such behaviour is part of what we, the human race, are.
In the past, experiments on human behaviour have been carried out. One was the Stanford Prison Experiment. In this situation, a group of twenty four students were used. Some were used as guards and some as prisoners. Very quickly, the prisoners were abused. Yet these were people who many would consider to have a good background and they took part in immoral acts.
Another example of how moral people would act in an immoral manner was the Milgram Experiment. In this, a person would be required to give a shock to someone on the other side of a screen. (The person giving the shock did not know that they were not actually harming anyone, but did hear faked screams when they gave them a shock.) Once again, moral people took part in acts that most (even them) would consider immoral.
And members of the Bullingdon Club have acted in ways to cause public disorder. This has been something that has happened in the recent and more distant past. And this is, well in my opinion, important because Boris Johnson, David Cameron and George Osborne were members. While I can find no evidence that they were involved in the infamous behaviour of the club, the simple fact is that they joined an organisation that was and is notorious for causing damage to private property that is not their own. The only thing is that the members can call upon the wealth of their parents to pay for the damage while those involved can not do so.
The following is copied and pasted from this article in the Telegraph from 2007. The key is for the picture above, one which the BBC is not allowed to use, and that the Independent has withdrawn.
• Son of Anthony Ulrick David Dundas Grigg, 3rd Baron Altrincham, and Eliane de Cassagne de Beaufort.
• Educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied modern history. Studied for an MBA at the Insead business school in France and joined Lazards investment bank before joining Goldman Sachs.
• Married Rachel Kelly, a journalist, in 1993 and they have five children.
2. David Cameron, 40
• Educated at Eton and Brasenose College Oxford, where he gained a first in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
• Worked at the Conservative Research Department and at the Treasury and Home Office before spending seven years as Head of Corporate Communications at Carlton Television.
• He was elected as Conservative MP for Witney in Oxfordshire in 2001 and became party leader in 2005.
• Married Samantha in 1996 and they live in Notting Hill, West London with their three children.
3. Ralph Perry-Robinson, 40
• Educated at Bryanston in Dorset and Oriel College, Oxford.
• He had a role as a teenager in the film Another Country.
• At Oxford he was renowned, not just for the strange sunglasses, but also for slashing the cork from a champagne bottle with a sword and running around a quad dressed as a monk.
• He is an architect and furniture designer and lives in Wiltshire.
• Married Amanda in 1999 and they have two daughters.
4. Ewen Fergusson, 41
• Son of Scottish rugby player and diplomat Sir Ewen Fergusson.
• Educated at Rugby and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied modern history.
• Is said to have been responsible for throwing a plant pot through a restaurant window the night after this photograph was taken.
• He is a partner in the banking and finance division of the City law firm Herbert Smith.
• Lives in Kensington, west London.
5. Matthew Benson, 40
• Grandson of the Earl of Wemyss and March.
• Educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford, where he studied modern history.
• Spent three years in international finance with Morgan Stanley and later established a consultancy business. Now works for Scottish property agents Rettie & Co.
• He lives in central Edinburgh with his wife Lulu, and they have three children aged six, eight and 15.
6. Sebastian James, 40
• Son of Lord Northbourne, a Kentish landowner.
• Educated at Eton School and Magdalen College, Oxford
• He is described by friends as an "entrepreneur" who was involved in running a chain of DVD shops called Silverscreen.
• Lives with his wife, Anna in Notting Hill, west London, and Deal, Kent, and they have two daughters.
7. Jonathan Ford, 41
• Bullingdon club president.
• Educated at Westminster and Magdalen College, Oxford where he studied modern history.
• Worked for investment bank Morgan Grenfell before joining the Evening Standard as a financial reporter and then moving to the Financial Times.
• He is a co-founder and deputy editor of the financial website breakingviews.com.
• Married journalist Susannah Herbert in 1999 and they live in Holland Park, west London.
8. Boris Johnson, 42
• Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford where he studied classics and became President of the Union.
• Went on to become a journalist and editor of the Spectator.
• Was elected Conservative MP for Henley in 2001 and is shadow minister for higher education.
• Marriage to Allegra Mostyn-Owen in 1987 lasted less than a year. He later married Marina Wheeler, a barrister, in 1993, and they have four children.
9. Harry Eastwood, 39
• Educated at Eton and Oxford.
• Worked for Storehouse before setting up Filmbox which aimed to rent videos through vending machines. In 2001 he joined Will Macdonald, an old Oxford friend, to set up TV production company Monkey Kingdom. He is also director of a film production company with Lord Wahid Alli and Rupert Murdoch's daughter, Elisabeth.
• Married Gillian in 1998 and they live in Holland Park, west London.
10. Marc Rowlands, 39
• Educated at Marlborough and Magdalen College Oxford.
• Works as a barrister in London specialising in construction and engineering.
• Married Amanda, a former solicitor, in 1995 and they have four children aged between nine and five.
• Lives in Bath, Somerset and West London.
• Was spotted lunching with golfer Colin Montgomerie's wife before her divorce, although the two denied having an affair.