feistiness

These riots are not directly politically motivated so it would be unfair to compare them to protests, for example, by tea-partyers in the US (which also span a broader range of ages). It is questionable also that the majority of the violent protest by students in the UK was done in the name of the cause now that we see there is an undercurrent of youth in cities that have now worries about smashing shit up.

Having never visited any part of the US the impression is that there is greater patriotism (even in more deprived areas) that could reflect a greater respect for the more local area that US kids live in. That patriotism is not felt the same in the UK and as we can see, kids already living in deprived areas dont care about fucking it up just that little bit more.

This theory is based on absolutely nothing