Why people riot.

Tom sent this New Paper link, with dramatic pictures of Sunday night's riot in Little India:

http://www.tnp.sg/backstage/content/carnage-little-india

Meanwhile, xin.msn has a story about the heroes who rose to the occasion:

http://t.news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/heroes-of-the-little-india-riots-2

I decided to Google for "Why people riot" and found many links. Bloomberg's and Huffington Post's are worth checking out...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-12/how-riots-start-and-how-they-can-be-stopped-edward-glaeser.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/11/the-psychology-of-a-riot_n_924839.html

There's one from a pyschoanalyst...

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hidden-motives/201108/understanding-why-people-riot

...and even one from "How Stuff Works"!...

http://www.howstuffworks.com/riot.htm

Finally, if you want to hear from the experts on the subject, there's a workshop in Greece next year:

http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=37543