Charlie Brooker on how to prevent more riots & standing up for social media...

In the smouldering aftermath, some politicians, keen to shift the focus from social inequality, have muttered darkly about the role of BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter and Facebook – frightening new technologies that, like the pen and the human mouth, allow citizens to swap messages with one another.

via guardian.co.uk

As usual, sharp wit and crystal clear observation from Charlie. Particularly liked the quite above and his observation on social media and the politician's knee jerk reaction that (shock!) people used twitter to communicate the riots and thus let's ban everything.
A sad day.
Read all of the excellent article by Charlie Brooker.