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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by komali2 on Sunday January 25, 2026 @08:34PM (#46760705)
Am American "riot" is a European city after a football game.

Would that Americans use the term more accurately.

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by anamax on Sunday January 25, 2026 @10:25PM (#46761519)
How often do people die during football riots?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests says $1-2B in damage and more than 19 deaths.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-kill... says 25 deaths.

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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by komali2 on Monday January 26, 2026 @12:18AM (#46762130)
Now look up Romanian or Israeli football hooligan incidents.
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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by throwawayq3423 on Sunday January 25, 2026 @09:41PM (#46761234)
Considering Americans get shot during riots, I would say you're wrong.
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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by hansvm on Sunday January 25, 2026 @10:20PM (#46761488)
Even the Rodney King riots didn't have as many deaths (gunshots or otherwise) as the worst EU football events. Guns are scary or whatever, and the US should definitely handle them better or ban them or something, but I still think I'd rather take my chances in an average US riot (give or take recent ICE murders) than something heated in the EU.
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Re:The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the worl... by throwawayq3423 on Monday January 26, 2026 @03:08PM (#46770810)
> Even the Rodney King riots didn't have as many deaths (gunshots or otherwise) as the worst EU football events.

I honestly don't even know what you're referring to. There have been tragedies related collapses of stadiums and trampling due to poor crowd control.

But that is not even remotely similar to what we're talking about.

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