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Old 09-05-2008, 12:45 PM  
Sarah_Jayne
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Originally Posted by Kristian View Post
I understand and I think Sarah's comment was funny. The sad truth about rioting is it works on the sheep mentality of crowd behavior. It's basically a snowball effect. Once a minority start to riot, everyone jumps on the bandwagon. Having seen my share of UK football matches, I can attest to this. And, in amongst the minority of felons, you'll find the majority are mums, dads, convenience store clerks, and so on, who don't yet have a criminal record.

Unfortunately, if Obama loses, I can see a lot of everday people being dragged into trouble.
I was being a smart ass but really the sort of people that start riots don't tend to be people that actually deeply care about an issue but are more looking for any reason to kick off. Now, who joins in once the scent of stupidity is in the air is a different matter. However, if there is a riot chances are it won't be by people that have actually followed and campaigned for Obama but people looking for any reason to loot.
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