Recent content by Bantamzen

Unfortunately this is likely to be the motivation behind this. I know my own employer does not allow their use on any network, wired or wireless, and Facebook previously removed such functionality again through concerns about it's misuse. It should be fairly obvious to all how a proximity...

That's up to you, but it's there. Again who is condoning anything? Pointing out the reality of the situation doesn't mean I'm condoning it. It's not the right wing groups that need listening to... The 2001 Bradford riots. I mentioned that I lived right in the epicentre of them if you'd have...

No, but as there appears to be videos* circulating on social media of these events it may be prudent for the government to issue an equal warning to those looking to retaliate. (*As this are unconfirmed I haven't linked them, but they appear under the X hashtag I mentioned above.) This is such...

Well you should care less, because this has unearthed some seething resentment in various different groups. It's not going to just go away because the footie season kicks off. Back in 2001 I lived in one of the epicentres of the riot areas, and believe me it was seething for months before...

That is for the government to sort out. But calling out all violent acts now taking place across the spectrum, be it from far right activists or those reacting to them would be a starter for ten.

I've said time and again it is the perception of different treatment and divergence that is the issue here. But if you don't believe me that this is real, and have access to Twitter / X, go to trending and look for #TwoTierKier to see what people's perceptions are for yourselves.

That's why I said there wasn't enough information yet....

Excuse me? Who is trying to make excuses for anything? I was simply pointing out that causing violence because of the attacks on the hotels is just as bad as causing violence because of the attacks on those children.

Just as news of young children being stabbed to death might upset some people? There's not enough information yet on what exactly happened in Birmingham last night, but from what there is it appears that a group of pro-Palestine protestors broke away, started to be violent and, committed an...

I'm afraid misinformation is now out of control, especially on the boy wonder Musk's platform. Yesterday businesses in Bradford & Huddersfield closed because social media claimed that far right activists were descending on both places. In one case someone on X actually claimed rioting was...

Generally speaking I try to ignore what that prat comes out with. However one small thing he did say is a least partially true: Now I don't think the policing was "soft" as he describes it, but it did seed the impression to many that different demographic groups get policed differently. And the...

Football hooliganism in the 80s and 90s was driven because a lot of them simply liked to fight, it was that simple. One week West Ham & Chelsea would be at each other, the next they'd be stood side to side fighting in whatever country England happened to be playing in (at least until we got...

No they aren't interested, but were that misinformation is potentially going to cause more serious issues its important to get as detailed a picture out to the general public as soon as possible. In fact the perceived secrecy was actually fuelling the conspiracy theories. Fair enough. It's not...

Well there's little doubt that the organising is being done by hooligan crews, so yeah from their perspective it will be an anti "anyone but us" motivation to start a scrap. Groups like the EDL will jump on any cause they can. But for the people not directly involved with said crews but turning...

Why? Because of what we've seen. Because social media moves, literally in many cases, at the speed of light. This started because rumours about the attacker being a Muslim extremist fresh off a boat. Getting the ruling out sooner might have at least calmed things a little. Frankly so what if he...