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Old 08-18-2011, 12:57 PM
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And yet, another attack in Philadelphia.

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What are these "people" thinking?
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What is troubling is there will eventually be a retaliation. There is no shortage of idiots in the world and they tend to form groups. Then it will escalate beyond all reasoning quickly if it's not squashed quickly.
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What is troubling is there will eventually be a retaliation. There is no shortage of idiots in the world and they tend to form groups. Then it will escalate beyond all reasoning quickly if it's not squashed quickly.
Absolutely! But then you will have "targeting" (profiling) issues to deal with. You will have "racial" issues to deal with. And then, civil rights will make their way into this.
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Old 08-18-2011, 01:11 PM
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yep. What I may not have mentioned in my earlier thread on this, is that only a few actually make the news. There are more (smaller ones that escape national attention)than what's being reported.
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Where's the mob?
Definition of a mob. A group of people. There was a group of people.


r.v. mobbed, mob·bing, mobs
1. To crowd around and jostle or annoy, especially in anger or excessive enthusiasm: Eager fans mobbed the popular singer.
2. To crowd into: Visitors mobbed the fairgrounds.
3. To attack in large numbers; overwhelm: The quarterback was mobbed by the defensive line.
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Hopefully a "mob" will go after someone packing. Maybe if a few of these idiots get shot and killed it will make people think.....wait, that may be too much to ask these days.
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Hopefully a "mob" will go after someone packing. Maybe if a few of these idiots get shot and killed it will make people think.....wait, that may be too much to ask these days.
It would certainly deter some.
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What do you mean, these "people?"

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What do you mean, these "people?"

I was going to say animals, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Is that better for you?

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Keep it up, idiots. Martial law will be here before you know it.
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I was going to say animals, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Is that better for you?

Fair enough

I don't know what gives folks the idea that it's cool to go and beat up random strangers. I don't think the pandemic has made its way over here to the West Coast yet...

I'd be interested to know what is going on inside the minds of these kids to make them think that this is the thing to do.

We used to do stupid mob things when I was in High School. I look back at it and shake my head at myself...but it wasn't any sort of violence. We would either surround serenade a girl with one of the explicit songs that we made up, or "party boy" people (If you're familiar with jackass, you know what I mean by that).
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Fair enough

I don't know what gives folks the idea that it's cool to go and beat up random strangers. I don't think the pandemic has made its way over here to the West Coast yet...

I'd be interested to know what is going on inside the minds of these kids to make them think that this is the thing to do

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I've heard the Army is putting the finishing touches on some extremely nasty crowd control weaponry. Stuff that makes the Taser look like a feather duster.

Somebody saw this coming, perhaps?
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Keep it up, idiots. Martial law will be here before you know it.
Serious. Now would be a good time to get a gun, if you havent one already.
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Odd, I havent seen anything like this in LA...

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I've heard the Army is putting the finishing touches on some extremely nasty crowd control weaponry. Stuff that makes the Taser look like a feather duster.

Somebody saw this coming, perhaps?
Perhaps the recent riots in the UK have prompted officials to prepare for something of the sort?
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Odd, I havent seen anything like this in LA...



Perhaps the recent riots in the UK have prompted officials to prepare for something of the sort?
The link says it has happened in LA.

Yes, I would agree with that.
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Odd, I havent seen anything like this in LA...



Perhaps the recent riots in the UK have prompted officials to prepare for something of the sort?
I haven't heard anything about this stuff happening in Chicago either.

Given the way our economy is going though, I wouldn't be surprised if we see more of this stuff, and if we eventually see riots on the same scale as those in the UK.
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Odd, I havent seen anything like this in LA...
Me neither. Maybe it happened once in LA so they added it to the list?
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The link says it has happened in LA.
Maybe that link is a filthy stinkin liar!


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I haven't heard anything about this stuff happening in Chicago either.
Maybe that link is a filthy stinkin liar!
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