Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 28, 2011, at 6:31 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > Despite your perception of Vancouver as an oasis of peace and tranquility, > violent protests and riots have taken place in virtually every major city > in > the world. No venue is immune. The trigger may be a sports event, a > political disagreement, an unfortunate accident, or even a rumor, but the > fuel for the riot is the accumulated feeling of discontent and the rioter's > perceived injustices. I have been an unwitting bystander in "civil > disturbances" in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Paris, New Delhi, and Los > Angeles. All had different triggers but the mechanism of the disturbance > was > the same. Smashing, looting and violence were the norm. Molotov cocktails > are easy to make. Agreed - and "do badders" flock to any mass of humanity looking for the opportunity "do bad" in anonymity with the ability to disappear into the mob. And good (weak) people do bad things when influenced by the "mob mentality." Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist