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Old 01-18-2009, 03:54 PM  
kisskatlyn
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Actually, if you have ever been involved with large scale events you'd know that stopping the event is a bad idea.

Morally it sounds like it should be stopped but it's better to let people fade out on their own because when you just stop events wide-spread panic and/or angry-mob mentality ensues. You can never get the loudspeakers loud enough to tell people why the event has stopped because once it stops people start yelling and screaming and it can become really really violent.

I agree, from a spectators point of view that it should be stopped. I would be horrified to find out I sat there watching an event while some little boy was dying due to the very event I was watching. But from an ex-promoter's view, I know keeping the event going can save more lives.
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