Chaos Unfolds: Knife-Wielding Thugs Clash in Crowded London Mall

[bendejo]

There you are, folks, survival of the fittest, right before your very eyes.

 

[johnnybangkok]

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

 

Ah, I had a feeling victim blaming would be along soon. The same mentality as saying to a rape victim "What do you expect if you wear a short skirt and no Burka in Bradford". 

I can't believe I'm having to justify this but since you have made a point of it, noone is 'victim blaming'.  I think the VAST majority of people (and certainly law enforcement) would agree that walking around with anything expensive in certain parts of most cities is just inviting attention and by extension, potential trouble. It's not a particulalrly sensible thing to do but why don't you give it a bash and see how you get on? If you get mugged, I'll try my best to not blame you after.  

[JonnyF]

10 minutes ago, johnnybangkok said:

I can't believe I'm having to justify this but since you have made a point of it, noone is 'victim blaming'.  I think the VAST majority of people (and certainly law enforcement) would agree that walking around with anything expensive in certain parts of most cities is just inviting attention and by extension, potential trouble. It's not a particulalrly sensible thing to do but why don't you give it a bash and see how you get on? If you get mugged, I'll try my best to not blame you after.  

 

So you've gone from "London is perfectly safe" to "What do you expect if you have nice things, just leave them in a safe at home and trade your iPhone 16 for a 10 year old Nokia". I guess that's progress of sorts 😄.

 

Here's an idea, how about we tackle crime instead or changing our lives to cope with the level of criminality?

 

I wouldn't think twice about leaving my phone on the table next to my beer or lunch at a restaurant in Bangkok. In London, as a previous poster experienced, you get admonished by a plain clothes cop because he knows there are 2 muggers with their eye on you across the road. 

 

What a way to live. 

 

[johnnybangkok]

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

 

So you've gone from "London is perfectly safe" to "What do you expect if you have nice things, just leave them in a safe at home and trade your iPhone 16 for a 10 year old Nokia". I guess that's progress of sorts 😄.

 

Here's an idea, how about we tackle crime instead or changing our lives to cope with the level of criminality?

 

I wouldn't think twice about leaving my phone on the table next to my beer or lunch at a restaurant in Bangkok. In London, as a previous poster experienced, you get admonished by a plain clothes cop because he knows there are 2 muggers with their eye on you across the road. 

 

What a way to live. 

 

What part of 'in certain parts of most cities' don't you understand? 

You are again arguing for the sake of arguing and I will stick to what I am saying - SOME (but thankfully very few) parts of London are a bit rough and I wouldn't recommend walking through them with thousands of pounds worth of watch on my wrist. And it's just sensible in all parts of the world to keep your phone safe - none of this is rocket science though but you just go ahead with your false equivalents and pearl clutching in an attempt to score points - 'how about we tackle crime instead or changing our lives to cope with the level of criminality' - fantastic suggestion - not sure why you're not heading up the Met with such profound insights.

[JonnyF]

1 minute ago, johnnybangkok said:

not sure why you're not heading up the Met with such profound insights.

 

I'm sure there are a few reasons.

 

1. I do not support DEI hiring policies.

2. I am not infected with the Woke mind virus.

3. I am not Pro Palestine.

4. I believe in applying the law to all groups equally.

5. I wouldn't want to be in the same room as Sadiq Khan.

 

Pretty much rules me out. 

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

 

[Chomper Higgot]

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

I'm sure there are a few reasons.

 

1. I do not support DEI hiring policies.

2. I am not infected with the Woke mind virus.

3. I am not Pro Palestine.

4. I believe in applying the law to all groups equally.

5. I wouldn't want to be in the same room as Sadiq Khan.

 

Pretty much rules me out. 

And you don’t meet the height requirement?

[JonnyF]

24 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

And you don’t meet the height requirement?

 

At least you're consistent.

 

Not only childish, but also several decades out of date.  😄

 

[Regyai]

Manning put it in his perspective decades ago (talking about Bradford) "call 999 there, and they send the Bengal Lancers"

[pacovl46]

21 hours ago, johnnybangkok said:

Ahh I see. So you have never set foot in London but feel you can comment on what London is all about because you watched a couple of YouTube videos? By that definition I'm an expert in New York because I watched Friends.

Again, I'm not saying there isn't knife crime or crime in general in London, but you would be very unlucky to ever see any never mind experience it.  And yes, I wouldn't recommend brandishing a luxury watch in CERTAIN parts of London but then again I wouldn't be stupid enough to wear a luxury watch walking through Brookly or South LA either. It's called common sense.   

Well, I don't have to be a professional race car driver to be able to tell whether someone can drive either, and it's a well established fact that London has a problem. Now I'm not saying it's happening everywhere all the time, but it is happening! I don't understand why you get upset when people point that out! 

 

Also, it's not just the ghetto areas that have a problem. These people place scouts in the nice shopping areas that look specifically for people with nice watches on, so they can call in their scooter gang that will then take it off them and just because YOU don't see that everyday or never had it happen to you doesn't mean it's not happening at all.

 

 

[bangadang]

Someone familiar with the event told me the Police were all at a DEI training session that day.

[baansgr]

On 1/10/2025 at 9:02 AM, Chomper Higgot said:

What’s ‘diversity’ got to do with retirement age?

Give it your best go. 

Give me one strength diversity has given us. give it your best go...and not the better food options as though that even has anything to do with it

[Chomper Higgot]

48 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Give me one strength diversity has given us. give it your best go...and not the better food options as though that even has anything to do with it

Nice try but it’s you that claimed diversity has ‘made us have to work 7 years longer’.

 

Please explain how you came to this seemingly ridiculous conclusion.

 

 

[JonnyF]

17 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Nice try but it’s you that claimed diversity has ‘made us have to work 7 years longer’.

 

Please explain how you came to this seemingly ridiculous conclusion.

 

 

 

So you can't think of any strengths then?

 

Interesting...

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

 

So you can't think of any strengths then?

 

Interesting...

Let’s get an answer to the question I asked first.

 

No need for your attempt at deflection.

[Stiddle Mump]

19 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Nice try but it’s you that claimed diversity has ‘made us have to work 7 years longer’.

 

Please explain how you came to this seemingly ridiculous conclusion.

 

 

Incompetence.

 

Mrs Mump does the cooking. I see that the car is running OK. Get the roles reversed and what would happen? The car would conk out, and we would be down with the runs.

[JonnyF]

4 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Let’s get an answer to the question I asked first.

 

No need for your attempt at deflection.

 

I'll take that as resounding No. 

 

Me neither. 

[baansgr]

36 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Nice try but it’s you that claimed diversity has ‘made us have to work 7 years longer’.

 

Please explain how you came to this seemingly ridiculous conclusion.

 

 

When you tell me one reason diversity has made us stronger 

[Chomper Higgot]

22 minutes ago, baansgr said:

When you tell me one reason diversity has made us stronger 

Sorry for calling out your ridiculous claim that ‘diversity has made us have to work 7 years longer’.

 

You can’t defend it so now ask me to defend a statement I never made.

Enjoy working longer, but don’t blame ‘diversity’ it’s not the fault of ‘diversity’.

 

 

[johnnybangkok]

On 1/9/2025 at 12:22 PM, JonnyF said:

 

A I guess they are blissfully unaware of how Diversity is our greatest strength. Their government has cruelly denied them the cultural enrichment that we witness daily on British streets/malls. 

 

 

Ahhhh I see now. Here I thought you were championing diversity when it was sarcasm all along.

 

I should have known.

 

[johnnybangkok]

3 hours ago, baansgr said:

When you tell me one reason diversity has made us stronger 

So let's get this straight. You come out with a sweeping 'diversity has made us have to work 7 years longer' statement and when asked to explain this, we now have to answer one of your questions first? Do you even understand how a conversation works?