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@Kidneys
yeah, well likewise, but if you say you "need to understand the rioters", there is often a reaction much like "you're being soft/sympathising".
I think the issue lies in priority, people don't want to hear that they should be trying to consider what is obviously quite a deep seated and complicated issue, while they are still under attack. They dont want to analyse the previous situation while they are still struggling with the current one. Which to some extent I can understand.