Re:Mental Wealth
by thaumasiotes on Friday June 05, 2020 @08:22AM
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> Have you even seen a riot started out of nothing? Just for fun?
It's a pretty well-known phenomenon. You hold a sports riot when your team wins, not when it loses.
I don't think that's a safe statement to make. See Vancouver in 2011 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_rio...).
Re:Mental Wealth
by goodcanadian on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:28AM
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It's pretty clear that the instigators planned to try to start a riot either way.
Then the team losing is what started the riot. I never said the reason had to be worth rioting for. I only said that riots start from somewhere.
Re:Mental Wealth
by thaumasiotes on Friday June 05, 2020 @11:17PM
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Did you read my comment as if it said the opposite of what it actually says?
Re:Mental Wealth
by AlecSchueler on Sunday June 07, 2020 @11:30AM
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In Northern Ireland it's known as "recreational rioting!"
Would there be riots right now had Floyd not been killed? Have you even seen a riot started out of nothing? Just for fun?
I doesn't change the original point that if a politician's first goal is to stop the riots, it's only to cover a symptom while the real problem is not fixed. And it's a matter of time before everything starts over again.