Well, no doubt about it, these London riots are quite spectacular, some of the finest i've witnessed in a long time. What a terrible situation, ill out of hand. Below is a video clip that was posted on youtube depicting some of the events. There are 3 events akin to this which have taken place recently. The last one I can think of was the immigration centre in Australia that was burned to the ground and the recent uprisings in Syria. I forgot to mention the recent Ivory Coast situation & Libya civial war...

London Riots 10/08/2011

Sydney Asylum Centre Burned. 04/2011



Syrian Uprising 17/03/2011



Ivory Coast Civil War 04/04/2011



Libyan Civil War 03/2011.



Welsh Oil Refinery Torched 2/06/2011



So, as you can see, in the space of 4 months or so, quite a lot has happened. Residents in NZ warn me that Auckland is also a boiling point situation. Having been there, I would tend to agree.