Rioting in Britain

Over the last 3 nights, British poor people have been rioting, replete with all the arson and looting that goes with it.  I am reminded of the Rodney King riots here in L.A., but this seems worse, somehow.  This one's aided by Twitter (ah, the wonders of modern technology!).  I suppose you would call this the mother of all flash mobs.  Fortunately, the violence appears at this point to be dying down, but I fear that the sentiments that generated such an event may take root here in the United States, as the economic situation gets worse.

Two girls being interviewed during the actual violence said, "we're showing rich people that we can do what we want," which seems to make it a class warfare situation, and highlights the concept of a widening gap between rich and poor.