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Minor Deity![]() |
The Philadelphia police department posted this: https://youtu.be/HocfYt3EM0s Apparently a big group of kids just went into a Walgreen en masse and ransacked it. Not sure if anyone was injured, but it sure was anarchy.
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The note at the front of the video says employees were injured by the kids throwing stuff. They've got them all on video. I'd be surprised if they don't track most of them down. | |||
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Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana ![]() |
Jesus.
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"I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity ![]() |
Just a response to privilege in our supremacist, corporatist system ... | |||
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Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana ![]() |
... or adolescents with no parents, no education and no future, and nothing to do.... | |||
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Well, I'm sure the prison/juvenile detention system will give them something to do. At some point, you can't blame the failure to distinguish between right and wrong on your parents and on your upbringing. This isn't someone stealing bread or dealing drugs to feed themselves or their family, because they've run out of choices. This is straight-up vandalism, with a side helping of people getting hurt in the process, and a smidge of stupidity for not realizing in this day and age that there were cameras everywhere. Vandalism and following the pack occurs in every economic strata and isn't limited to any skin color. The kids who do it clearly didn't learn that following the pack, damaging property, and hurting people has consequences. So, now they'll learn. | |||
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Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana ![]() |
Absolutely. Not offering an excuse, just an explanation. | |||
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I understand, but I disagree. Kids with parents, a solid education, a bright future, and all the money they could possibly need, can and do do similar stupid things. | |||
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(self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity ![]() |
Wow. I was surprised by the sheer number, the video said 60 I think? Just thinking about how hard it can be to get a few people to agree to plans, it's kind of stunning to think of such a large group participating in a group action... Not the point, I guess, but still. I hope none of the injuries were serious. I imagine it would be terrifying to be in the middle of all that, not knowing what the ultimate goal was or how much it would escalate.
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"I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity ![]() |
Now imagine there is a guy with a gun in that store, and he believes it's up to him to enforce the law ... | |||
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(self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity ![]() |
P*D, indeed. No kid, nor adult, should be shot for looting.
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"I've got morons on my team." Mitt Romney Minor Deity ![]() |
Yes, indeed. But people get angry. Guns and anger don't go well together. I wonder if a single one of those young people ever gave a thought to what might happen if ... Groupthink and group activity can make the brain go dead numb. | |||
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60? Meh. Here's a real gathering in the making:
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15...r-force-says-stay-ho
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