England riots, in Germany they burn cars of the "fat cats"

Various rioting has been reported across Europe attributed to a worldwide economy that  redistributes from those who have little to those who have much. Then as the system becomes strained, those that have been "take from" are asked to embrace "austerity".  Apparently individuals in Germany are engaging in a different tactic.  Burning cars associated with the wealthy such as Mercedes and and BMW's. 

Bloomberg reports that 26 cars have been torched in the last two days in Berlin.  That makes 138 cars up  in smoke this year alone.

According to Johannes Becker, head of the Center for Conflict Studies at the University of Marburg,

“In Britain you have the phenomenon that people are predisposed to jumping on the bandwagon,” Becker said. “They see that something is up and want to be part of it, to add some fuel to the fire, as it were. With these cars in Berlin, they are in contrast consciously trying to send a message.”(emphasis ours).

Ya think!

The question for this writer is, have you seen this reported on our major news stations and if not, why not?

You can bet there will not be extensive coverage for one reason, "FEAR of contagion"!FavAdd to Technorati Favorites