John Hayward Posted: 9 August 2011
Keywords: Crime & Justice, Government & Foreign Affairs,
So, Parliament has been recalled in response to rioting in England to allow MPs to 'stand together in condemnation of these crimes and to stand together in determination to rebuild these communities.'
Supposedly, the riots were sparked three days ago by the killing on 4th August of twenty-nine-year-old father-of-four Mark Duggan by armed police during an attempted arrest in Tottenham. But what has prompted what the Metropolitan Police have described as a wave of 'copycat criminal activity'?
Well, if politics professor and pastor Dale Kuehne is to be believed, such actions should not surprise us, for our behaviour as a society has become incoherent. 'The problem is,' he says, 'you can't live in a world where people can do as they please and have it hang together coherently. There's only one school of philosophy that would let you do that - that's anarchism.' Current trends, he insists, must lead us either to even more widespread anarchy or else to totalitarianism. Here's what he warned us over a year ago, months even before the violence of the student protests:
Credit for graphic: Beacon Radio
Hi,
Firstly, I'm wondering, in a situation like this, what initiatives could break-out, which could ultimately tip Britain onto a journey towards a biblical vision for society.
Secondly, what is the Church of England saying about this?
Third, would it be biblically wise to censure in a very serious way the parents of 'rioters' who are below the legal age of adulthood, as well as adult 'rioters'? And, the experts, bureaucrats and politicians who led Britain down this path. Mind you, I'm talking here about biblical wisdom and not 'scapegoating'.
Fourth, who in Britain would lead social action towards a biblical vision for Britain?
Bob Simpson
Associate - The Australian Media Engagement Project Inc
PS I've just come back from Britain, and I love it. The riots saddened me.
Bob Simpson 17 August 2011