
Originally Posted by
montanadave
I don't wish to make light of the crimes being committed or real economic losses incurred by the businesses targeted by these "flash mobs", but I don't see this as a complete breakdown of the social order and another sign of the apocalypse. The video linked above looks like a bunch of teenagers doing some dumb shit that groups of teenagers are prone to do. There doesn't appear to be a lot of senseless property destruction or violence directed towards anyone; it's a bunch of kids shoplifting candy and soda as the latest "teen rebellion" thing to do.
It does not appear to be the kind of reckless, violent behavior which has been seen in Philadelphia or the Wisconsin State Fair.
But I agree, the lines are going to get blurred and if gangs of kids start imitating this behavior, someone is going to get killed. Then the fuse will be lit and the potential for a rapid escalation of racial unrest and retaliatory violence is almost inevitable.
I hope someone can get through to these kids that they are playing with dynamite but if they're anything like I was as a teen, it's unlikely to sink in until they find themselves in the middle of a total shit storm.
The world would be a much, much, much better place if they were all dead. All of them rob society of a quality of life. It is bad enough when a store owner has to deal with the occasional lone thief. Organized mass criminal activity is what separates the mafia from a lone criminal.
Flash mobs are nothing but the ghetto version of organized crime. They are discovering that in numbers they can get away with things they couldn't previously and they can victimize society more effectively. This was understood by street gangs in the 70s when they banded together in numbers too large to be challenged or deterred by polite society.
All of them are parasitic criminals who exist at the expense of everyone else.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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