As the media and "experts" digest and attempt to understand the rioting in several of our cities, it is important to retain a sense of perspective. In our country, in my lifetime, we have not experienced famine, we have not experienced devastating earthquakes or tsunamis. Yet these are very real for thousands of people in different parts of the world.
Imagine your company suffering a 99% reduction in profit. That's what a household name car manufacturer has just announced. Toyota's quarterly profit (net income) reduced from £1.51bn to £8.7m or 190bn Yen to 1.1bn Yen. This is largely due to the earthquake in Japan, but also due to currency changes. Let us not forget that whilst we are quite right to demand and expect safe streets, some people in the world are having to rebuild their lives, families, businesses, communities and country.
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