Wednesday Caption - Olympics Circles Special!

Yesterday we watched as the 5 circles of the Olympics sailed by our window in Bright Beehive HQ. It was surreal to say the least. Did you see it? What did you think? Comment below.

Surreal Olympics

Wednesday Caption - Sherlock Holmes 2 Special!

Following on from the popularlity of last week's Wednesday Caption with Guy Ritchie, I thought I'd bring you another image with the theme of Sherlock Holmes 2.

This time our Wednesday Caption features a picture of my son on the set that was specially built in the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London.

So let's hear all your funny comments. Special thanks to omk for last week's colourful comments. As long as it's not (too) obscene we'll keep the comments up there!

My Son On Set Of Sherlock Holmes 2

"Social Media Blamed For London Riots"

Social media hit the headlines today for the wrong reasons in this instance it is being blamed for the orchestration of riots that have dotted around London. Referring to the rioters Nick de Bois, Conservative politician for Enfield North said on BBC's Radio 4 program "They're organised. They're playing around on the social media." Sounds like it's more than playing M. de Bois.

After John Humphrys accused Deputy Assistant Commissioner Steve Kavanagh of the police being flat-footed Kavanagh then confessed that "We have got to recognise that social media and other types of methods were used and we need to adapt and to learn from these experiences." For me a greater headline would be "Police Confess That They Are Behind The Times," rather than "Social Media Blamed For London Riots" which is what is being used around the different news sites currently.

Image by Beacon Radio

These riots occurred after a man called Mark Duggan was shot dead after a police operation to arrest him. A protest took place on Saturday which was out to try to get answers. Eventually when the police did not offer any explanation this turned into rioting in Tottenham area. By Sunday the riots were occurring in different parts of London. And Mr Humphrys was alleging that people were using Twitter to organise where to go and where to then move on to when the timing was right.

I have some questions around this. 

1. Was the rioting on Saturday orchestrated on Twitter:
   1. By people who were angered by the lack of explanation from the police or
   2. By people who just hate cops and wanted to riot or
   3. By people who just wanted to do some looting?
2. How was the rioting orchestrated via Twitter? 
   1. Did someone come up with a hashtag and people started using it - if so what was it - or was a bogus account set up and people started following it?
3. Was Twitter the main tool of choice? 
4. Was Facebook not used?
5. Is Google+ not a better tool as it could make detection more difficult.
6. How were the riots of 1995 and 1985 so devastating without the use of social media?

The upside of using Twitter for rioting is that it's great to plan your next area for wreaking havoc. The downside is that it leaves an audit trail for every commuication. Another effective headline might have been "Social media can be used to find rioters." (That might be the headline in a few weeks time when the penny drops.) 

Meanwhile if you can answer any of my questions I'd really appreciate it. Thank you kindly.

Footnote: Please read my follow up "Social Media Blamed For Catching Rioters"