Big brother isn't watching you
Engelsk – Essay
”Big Brother isn’t watching you”, Russell Brand
In 2011 videos and reports about riots vandalizing the streets of London wandered through the Internet and the media to all parts of the world. Everybody’s eyes were on Britain. Especially it was big in Europe. Not one day passed without new pictures, new stories and new tragedies. But riots aren’t something new in the 21st century. Almost daily, both before and after the 2011 UK riots, riots and conflicts between civilians and authority occur across the world. Particularly the Middle East and northern Africa have been characterized with riots, conflicts and violence. England wasn’t even the first European country to witness its own people going berserk. Greece and other southern European country, had at this time already dealt with the rage of civilians a lot of times. I think what made the UK riots so shocking to the world, was the fact that this took place in the UK, a former empire and today one of the most developed and modern countries. If riots as these could happen in London, it could happen everywhere. That’s why it is so important for us to figure out why it did happen. Are these rioters just mindless people with no greater desire than destroying their own communities? In the commentary “Big Brother isn’t watching you” posted on The Guardian’s website, actor and comedian, Russel Brand, gives us his point of view on the 2011 UK riots.
Currently, Russell Brand lives in Los Angeles, but he still has a strong connection to his home country and city. Therefore the riots in the UK have also become his problem. In the commentary he tries to explain the rioter’s motive and what he believes caused the riots. The simple explanation on what caused the riots was the death of Mr Duggan in Tottenham. He died under police custody and that was the thing that made the bubble burst for a lot of people. But Russell Brand believes it is important that we, and significantly the British government,
”Big Brother isn’t watching you”, Russell Brand
In 2011 videos and reports about riots vandalizing the streets of London wandered through the Internet and the media to all parts of the world. Everybody’s eyes were on Britain. Especially it was big in Europe. Not one day passed without new pictures, new stories and new tragedies. But riots aren’t something new in the 21st century. Almost daily, both before and after the 2011 UK riots, riots and conflicts between civilians and authority occur across the world. Particularly the Middle East and northern Africa have been characterized with riots, conflicts and violence. England wasn’t even the first European country to witness its own people going berserk. Greece and other southern European country, had at this time already dealt with the rage of civilians a lot of times. I think what made the UK riots so shocking to the world, was the fact that this took place in the UK, a former empire and today one of the most developed and modern countries. If riots as these could happen in London, it could happen everywhere. That’s why it is so important for us to figure out why it did happen. Are these rioters just mindless people with no greater desire than destroying their own communities? In the commentary “Big Brother isn’t watching you” posted on The Guardian’s website, actor and comedian, Russel Brand, gives us his point of view on the 2011 UK riots.
Currently, Russell Brand lives in Los Angeles, but he still has a strong connection to his home country and city. Therefore the riots in the UK have also become his problem. In the commentary he tries to explain the rioter’s motive and what he believes caused the riots. The simple explanation on what caused the riots was the death of Mr Duggan in Tottenham. He died under police custody and that was the thing that made the bubble burst for a lot of people. But Russell Brand believes it is important that we, and significantly the British government,