Petition: "Convicted London rioters should lose all benefits."

Flare · 9 Aug 2011 at 12:59

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/7337

This has been posted in the London/England riot thread but that thread is growing by over 100 pages a day so it will have been missed by many people so i thought it deserved it's own thread.

I have signed it and think everyone else should sign it but post it around as well. About an hour ago the number of signatures was at around 650, it's now well over 2,000.

P.s. keep all rioting talk out of this thread, there is already a thread for that so just relevant talk!

Flare.

Flare · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:00

Wow, in the time it took me to post that another 100 people have signed it!

Sp00n · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:01

I suggest they tighten all benefits.

kae2 · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:02

It's lose, and I don't see the justification for it, but a knee jerk reaction?

Dunks · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:02

Christ, it's LOSE, not LOOSE.

I thought maybe the OP got it wrong in just the title, but the petition also has the incorrect spelling.

Jesus wept.

daver · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:03

**** me, the ability to correctly spell 'lose' is at an all time low

dirtychinchilla · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:04

It also encompasses all criminal acts, not just riot related ones.

Flare · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:04

Haha, I hadn't even noticed that! But I can gladly say that I do know how to spell and use both words

Liampope · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:05

Stupid petition is stupid.

Stupid thread is stupid.

Like that will happen. Like it would achieve anything anyway if it did happen.

Garee · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:06

Next up: Petition to remove benefits from those who spell "lose" wrong

Flare · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:06

I know it's not going to happen but still it's interesting to see how many signatures it gets.

Calabi · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:06

daver said:
**** me, the ability to correctly spell 'lose' is at an all time low

Yeah, I think that kind of nullifys the petition.

Deific · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:07

Yeh! Lets make their kids starve!

kae2 · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:07

Garee said:
Next up: Petition to remove benefits from those who spell "lose" wrong

Here, here!

I'll sign that one!

Freefaller · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:08

What if the criminals aren't on benefits?

RomanNose · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:08

Even though they don't really deserve our well earned money, surely cutting off funding will only make them take to the streets?

Freefaller · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:11

And keep looting and stealing...

Benefits is not the issue here, it's re-education, and firming up of the way these people are dealt with.

It's all about this lack of respect for the law,. authority and the establishment... how to fix that? I have no idea... stripping people's benefit seems a little bit too knee jerk to me and I don't think it solves anything long term.

darael · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:12

Say we stopped their benefits? How would they earn an income? Perhaps drugs and burgling?

Not very well thought out.

Flare · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:13

Milkybk said:
This thread is ****ing stupid, literally.

If it's definitely not going to happen how is it interesting? I just think it shows that you, amongst many other people, have very little to do.

SO because i make a thread that took 1 minute to do I have very little to do? Brilliant logic there matey! Oh and I do have a lot to do, i'm working in a dive center and this was done in my 15 minute break from my 9 hour day.