Today is a sad sad day for the UK. Mindless, brainless, thoughtless, thugs destroying the lives of many innocent people. Last night I was nearly in tears watching the footage, but today I feel more humbled by the riot clean up group that has been formed through Twitter. Altruism at its very very best.
My Dad said to me today 'they should shut twitter tonight' and I did post a similar opinion this morning but I don't think it will help. BBM seems to have been the main culprit enabling all these people to communicate. There are people being named and shamed all over twitter aswell, so if this helps the police make some convictions then so be it.
Working in the emergency services makes it a lot more real. Last night I was worried sick about colleagues in the thick of it, I know for a fact that ambulances were pelted with stones, with rocks and some ambulance stations were targets for being trashed. Ambulance stations. Seriously?? What has happened to humanity? When these gangs meet up, and people get stabbed, and lives get saved...who is responsible for that preservation of life?
Fortunately for me, I am not on nights until next week. Personally I am so pleased about that ,but at the same time my thoughts are with those emergency services who are on the front line through all of this and I pray they all get home safely to their loved ones at the end of all this.....
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