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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Andrew Wooff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: .. > So why does it matter what age the rioters are? Perhaps rather than referring to 'youths'; using the labels looters, rioters and criminals would be suffice. "Youth"--and particularly an unstated male youth--have often been at the center of how people describe the agents of such collective violence. But even the latter terms are often problematic, with states using these terms to delegitimize events with more obviously political intent. Bruce