Grisha wrote:
Henbane wrote:
Gah. Affleck's Palace been looted and possibly on fire. Making Henbane very sad and quite angry now.
WTF is going on over there?

Combination of things I guess.
Lack of social cohesion and responsibility.
Long term effects of poverty, racism, unemployment among youth in particular. More recent anger at the system, police, government, banks.
But primarily plain old yobbishness, criminality, and not giving a rat's arse about anyone
else but themselves.
Sounds like the LA riots in '92 - legitimate grievences morphed into something that was just stupid and tragic, but life returned to normal surprisingly quickly given the extent of the devastation, hopefully it will end there soon...