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		forensic on Aug 12, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media... You write too well to be part of the underclass. The underclass is uneducated, mentally ill, has limited access to social services. The real underclass doesn't come to Hacker News; the real underclass typs lik dis- u no- txt speak

cormullion on Aug 12, 2011 [–]

Oh, that underclass. Thought you meant the looters:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8696977/London-...

But yes, I agree with you.

forensic on Aug 12, 2011 | [–]

You missed this part: "One of her co-accused, Alexander Elliot-Joahill, is from a deprived area of south-east London"

Also, anecdotes aren't data.

cormullion on Aug 12, 2011 | | [–]

I'm from Tottenham. It's not much better. But it was never an excuse.

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