Cameron seems to promise no action to quell the riots

Here is David Cameron’s statement outside 10 Downing Street as reported in the Daily Mail, followed by my response:

I feel huge sympathy for the families who’ve suffered, innocent people who’ve been burned out of their houses and to businesses who have seen their premises smashed, their products looted and their livelihoods potentially ruined.

I also feel for all those who live in fear because of these appalling scenes that we’ve seen on the streets of our country. People should be in no doubt that we are on the side of the law- abiding—law-abiding people who are appalled by what has happened in their own communities.

I am determined, the Government is determined that justice will be done and these people will see the consequences of their actions.

And I have this very clear message to those people who are responsible for this wrongdoing and criminality: you will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishment.

And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you’re not only wrecking your own communities—you are potentially wrecking your own life too. [“you are potentially wrecking your own life”?—oh, I’m sure that has the rioters quaking in their stolen shoes.]

My office this morning has spoken to the Speaker of the House of Commons and he has agreed that Parliament will be recalled for a day on Thursday so I can make a statement to Parliament and we can hold a debate and we are all able to stand together in condemnation of these crimes and also to stand together in determination to rebuild these communities.

So, Cameron feels “huge sympathy” for those who have suffered, he “feels” for “all those who live in fear because of these appalling scenes that we’ve seen on the streets of our country” (note: they live in fear because of “appalling scenes that we’ve seen,” not because of the criminal violence committed by actual mobs of violent human beings—the word violence does not appear in his statement, nor does any concrete word denoting agency on the part of the rioters), he is “determined that justice will be done,” he will make sure that the wrongdoers are punished by the law (though he doesn’t actually call them wrongdoers, that would be too strong, he calls them “people who are responsible for this wrongdoing and criminality”), and he will “stand together” with Parliament “in condemnation of these crimes and in determination to rebuild these communities.”

In sum: he feels for the victims, he condemns the “appalling scenes,” he will seek legal punishment for the people “who are responsible for this criminality” after they are arrested, and he is determined to rebuild the damaged communities.

What’s missing from all this?

Any statement of determination to STOP the rioting.

You can’t help getting the impression that there is not a single testicle in the island of Great Britain, at least among the white population.

The man quiescently stripping off his clothing at the command of a black thug is the true symbol of Britain. They should replace the British lion with him.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at August 09, 2011 10:41 AM | Send