The only surprise about the current mayhem in London and, by extension, other major cities in England, is that no-one in authority could have predicted that it would have happened. In case anyone has not noticed, there's a phenomenon that the marginalized, the disenchanted and the unheard have discovered and that is the unifying power of instant communication in galvanizing their urges to protest. If you throw in a certain confusion in the whole realm of values, discipline, privileges and rights, then you have a potentially explosive cocktail, as we are seeing.
