The Funny Side of London Riots
Just like all serious events that are happening in the Internet Era, London Looting 2011 can’t escape from being taken to the funny side. Especially since its main protagonists are very often victims of involuntary humor of the highest level.
These pictures are part of an admirable idea from photoshoplooter.tumblr.com, putting the scumbag looters in an embarassing position and also making us laugh.
This is probably the most famous London Looting 2011 picture, the £3.99 Rice Looter.
Looting had success to some extent in Cornwall too:
But even there, looting has proven to be a dangerous activity for the innocent:
No one, though, seems to have had it as tragic as Manchester:
The general idea of the riot was pretty much this:
Therefore the 2012 London Olympics’ logo had to be changed
Facebook comments were on it too:
and finally, the leader of the riot:
Photo from 9GAG
Category: Internet
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