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kudzu22

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16. There are just some people

Reply to big_dog (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2014, 11:22 PM

Nov 2014

who will wreak mayhem whenever the police are guaranteed not to show up. This is why you see stores looted & burned when the city's team wins the Super Bowl/World Series/whatever. No cops = no law. Got nothing to do with the protests, in my mind. Just an unwillingess or inability of police to stop them.

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I cannot understand why they would torch a business to demonstrate what? still_one Nov 2014 #2

I read that the cops and/or provocateurs did the torching Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #3

I read about that happening to but so far cstanleytech Nov 2014 #5

that seems to be the point of Darren PatrynXX Nov 2014 #7

Could and have are two different things. For example I could win the lottery but will I? cstanleytech Nov 2014 #9

Maybe someone... Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #8

Because there's no "they." nolabear Nov 2014 #4

The they I was referring to were those people responsible for those actions described still_one Nov 2014 #6

I didn't think you were. I was just underscoring. nolabear Nov 2014 #13

got it, thanks still_one Nov 2014 #15

None of it made sense... It only hurt the cause craiga86 Nov 2014 #10

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It's probably not the protestors IronLionZion Nov 2014 #12

I am sick of this. The Jungle 1 Nov 2014 #14

There are just some people kudzu22 Nov 2014 #16