Leap of faith - riot photo has the world buzzing.

[Liberal_in_LA]

A Desperate Leap of Faith in London: The Riot Photo That Has the World Buzzing

Read more: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/08/09/a-desperate-leap-of-faith-in-london-the-riot-photo-that-has-the-world-buzzing/#ixzz1UYbOJMUB

http://www.smh.com.au/world/taking-flight-from-flames-in-a-leap-of-faith-20110809-1ikx5.html

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. Yay govenment services!

Though some might argue otherwise.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Liberal_in_LA.

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup:

[ZombieHorde]

4. Those fuckers!

Why are they tossing that woman into that burning building?

[jberryhill]

5. For the lulz

[Liberal_in_LA]

10. lol. I posted the pics in reverse order

[MineralMan]

6. Likely to be one of the iconic photos of this whole thing.

That and the video of the people stealing that injured guy's stuff from his backpack.

Again, this is another reason why riots are not effective activism.

[DFab420]

7. It effective if it's a spontaneous reaction to overt government force.

But if it lasts longer then that, the opportunists show up...

[Throd]

9. That's about a ten minute window.

[DFab420]

12. Yea but it's an amazing ten minutes :)

[MineralMan]

11. It's one of the reasons that mass actions need to take place

in the public commons, not on the street where you live. Marching to the town square or the seat of government and carrying out your action there can be very effective. Burning down your neighbood? Not so much.

[stuntcat]

8. wow.

...wow, kr