Ghost of a flea: Mob rule

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June 13, 2009

Mob rule

16-year-old Ben Kinsella was knifed to death for "showing disrespect" to three street thugs, since convicted. Now a north London crime family - the aptly named "Adams family" - have reportedly put a price on the heads of his murderers causing them to fear for their lives despite enjoying the shelter of Her Majesty's prison system.

If a London crime family is no longer convinced the Crown is willing or able to uphold the law - let alone justice - on the streets of the capital we should not be surprised. A north London crime family is still a family and consequently unwilling to sit by as the British Establishment steers what is left of British civilization on to the rocks.

Leviathan may sleep but there will be law, albeit the rule of King Mob.

Update: Ric Locke comments by email. Kudos to the State of Nature; Flea comment system chastised. Emphasis added.

Heh. Something brewing, all right.

An organization which keeps order by using violence is a Government -- that's the /definition/.

The one place where I depart most strenuously from Thomas Paine is what happens to "men in a state of Nature". They'll evolve a Government, all right, but they won't do it by consensus or rational methods such as election. The biggest, baddest mofo who can also collect the biggest coterie of assistant big bad mofos rules.

At the moment, and for all practical purposes, Britain doesn't have a Government, since the members of the organization so styled refuse to use force to maintain order. It is not at all surprising to find big bad mofos assembling in groups to fill the vacuum.

Regards,
Ric

(I note that you have boobytrapped TypePad, apparently to discourage comments. This was worth comment anyway. If you'd like to post it publicly, feel free)

(I can only plead guilty. The crankier TypePad gets; the happier I am.)

Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 13, 2009 09:23 AM

Comments

Coming soon: Solitary, poor, nasty brutish and short.

Posted by: dpatten at June 13, 2009 03:52 PM