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UK Police Arrest 12 Over Facebook Use Inciting Riots
An anonymous reader writes "Scotland Yard vowed to track down and arrest protesters who posted 'really inflammatory, inaccurate' messages on Facebook, but it didn't stop at just two people. While two teenagers were arrested earlier this week in connection with messages posted on Facebook allegedly encouraging people to start rioting, 10 more have now joined them."
Even the Guardian has given up defending these criminals. You won't lose your left-wing credentials if you admit "looting is bad".
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
Christ, you're really banging the moral relativism drum today aren't you? :P
I will argue that looting is bad regardless of one's morals, since condemnation is built into the meaning of the word. Someone who wanted to describe the activity, but who thought it was acceptable, would use a different word, like 'confiscate', 'take', 'retrieve', 'gain', 'earn', 'win' etc.