5 Reasons Why American Riots Will Be The Worst In The World - Page 4

08-12-11, 02:10 AM

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Some paranoid tea partier got into the whiskey and banged out a screed about the end of the world.

No Mookie, what you have is a paranoid former tea partier, he is also a paranoid former republican.
The reason why he is a former tea partier is explained in his rant about how the movement has been taken over by the very people it thinks it is against...which is the same reason he gives as to why he isn't a republican anymore.

Jimbuna · 08-12-11, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Hey! First, I AM a riot! Just ask Jim. Second, if you mess with me I'll kick you in the shin, whack you with my cane and make my escape. You have no idea how fast I can hobble along! Also I can give dirty looks that make strong men quake in their boots!

And if that doesn't work, I've had good luck with crying a lot.

Yes...your certainly a demon with that cane

AVGWarhawk · 08-12-11, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by privateer

It's not a matter of if there will be rioting.
Just a matter of when it happens.
Then a matter of why it happened at all.

History shows us again and again that this is going to happen!
Thankfully I don't live in the Big Cities where it will happen.
All I'll need to do is watch for the City Dwellers who think they can raid the countryside.

Tain't no Coppers round this here parts to protect trouble makers!

They will riot the next time their hockey, football or basketball team loses. This seems to be status qou these days. It is in my opinion that unemployment benefits are stopping two things, soup kitchens like we have seen in the depression and rioting. As benefits come to a stop problems will begin to become more prevalent.

Growler · 08-12-11, 07:12 AM

No riots in America? A sample over 200+ years, in no particular order:

Cincinnati, 1855
The Battle in Seattle
Days of Rage
1742 Election Riot in Philadelphia
1979 White Night Riot

We're perfectly capable of blowing up. The difference is, we tend to come back together again.

On 9-11, it would have been perfectly logical to think that New Yorkers would have taken advantage of the chaos of that morning, but by and large, they didn't.

The OP takes a rather dim view of us, for one who claims to speak for us. I've seen more of my neighbors helping each other during community crises than exploiting each other.

Feuer Frei! · 08-12-11, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Growler

The OP takes a rather dim view of us, for one who claims to speak for us. I've seen more of my neighbors helping each other during community crises than exploiting each other.

Not my personal views.
Merely posted as a discussion point, nothing more, nothing less.
My views of the US are far from gloom and doom and oppression and inferiority. Or a view of suppression or losing all sense of reality. Or exerting it's muscle upon the global scene.
Far from it.
My views of the US are of Miami, Florida, where my parents and I were many moons ago, before emigrating to Australia. The US was one place my parents had considered as a final destination.
I have a lot of respect for the US. It's people, it's geography. It's history. Oh especially it's history.
I have American friends, and have met many a US citizen, whom i have all enjoyed conversing with.

frau kaleun · 08-12-11, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by privateer

You've just described an 'Old Folks Tantrum'.

This just in - looks like they finally pushed Steve and his homies too far. They've taken over downtown Salt Lake City and say they won't leave until their demands are met. This could get ugly, folks.

Feuer Frei! · 08-12-11, 08:31 AM

Hen Fap?

Growler · 08-12-11, 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Not my personal views.
Merely posted as a discussion point, nothing more, nothing less.
My views of the US are far from gloom and doom and oppression and inferiority. Or a view of suppression or losing all sense of reality. Or exerting it's muscle upon the global scene.
Far from it.
My views of the US are of Miami, Florida, where my parents and I were many moons ago, before emigrating to Australia. The US was one place my parents had considered as a final destination.
I have a lot of respect for the US. It's people, it's geography. It's history. Oh especially it's history.
I have American friends, and have met many a US citizen, whom i have all enjoyed conversing with.

Apologies, my friend. I had not intended that to look as though I was directing my comments to you, but rather to the author of the piece you quoted.

Feuer Frei! · 08-12-11, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Growler

Apologies, my friend. I had not intended that to look as though I was directing my comments to you, but rather to the author of the piece you quoted.

No offense taken, my friend.

STEED · 08-12-11, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

No worries. Close the borders and let Isolationism set in. I'm good with that

Let see how the world fairs. Best of luck!

Dose this mean we will not get the recipe for coka~cola?

Betonov · 08-12-11, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

No worries. Close the borders and let Isolationism set in. I'm good with that

Let see how the world fairs. Best of luck!

I think we will survive with 3 less tourists per year

flatsixes · 08-12-11, 10:58 AM

We had some pretty wild race riots in the US back in the 1960s. Watts. Detroit. Philadelphia. Camden. D.C. Newark. Atlanta. And let's not forget the "police riot" in Chicago in 1968. Last riot that I can recall that wasn't a bunch of jackwagons celebrating a sports victory/defeat was almost 20 years ago: Los Angeles, 1992. I'm certain that there will be others in the future. There's no shortage of "anger" in many cities, and, as history has demonstrated over and over, "anger" provides opportunity for some.

Where the doomsayers (both foreign & domestic) get it wrong (in my opinion) is that they fail to take into account the underlying resiliency of a free society. As much as we may bitch and moan about things, its mostly about things we believe others (including the government) don't deserve, and that we want for ourselves. Although these tensions make for some anxious days from time to time, such temperaments have never been fatal to an orderly society bent on balancing justice and liberty.

I'm reminded that 50 years ago today a wall was erected by a government to separate a people. So long as people in the United States have unfettered rights to travel within its borders, and if dissatisfied pick up and move, I don't fear our future as a free people.

We'll work it out.

August · 08-12-11, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by flatsixes

We had some pretty wild race riots in the US back in the 1960s. Watts. Detroit. Philadelphia. Camden. D.C. Newark. Atlanta. And let's not forget the "police riot" in Chicago in 1968. Last riot that I can recall that wasn't a bunch of jackwagons celebrating a sports victory/defeat was almost 20 years ago: Los Angeles, 1992. I'm certain that there will be others in the future. There's no shortage of "anger" in many cities, and, as history has demonstrated over and over, "anger" provides opportunity for some.

Where the doomsayers (both foreign & domestic) get it wrong (in my opinion) is that they fail to take into account the underlying resiliency of a free society. As much as we may bitch and moan about things, its mostly about things we believe others (including the government) don't deserve, and that we want for ourselves. Although these tensions make for some anxious days from time to time, such temperaments have never been fatal to an orderly society bent on balancing justice and liberty.

I'm reminded that 50 years ago today a wall was erected by a government to separate a people. So long as people in the United States have unfettered rights to travel within its borders, and if dissatisfied pick up and move, I don't fear our future as a free people.

We'll work it out.

Well said.

Sailor Steve · 08-12-11, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

Yes...your certainly a demon with that cane

Still have the bruises, eh?

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

This just in - looks like they finally pushed Steve and his homies too far. They've taken over downtown Salt Lake City and say they won't leave until their demands are met. This could get ugly, folks.

It's not helping. They just changed all the bus schedules and now none of us knows how to get anywhere. There oughta be a law!

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Originally Posted by flatsixes

We had some pretty wild race riots in the US back in the 1960s.

And it took a Canadian to write the best description of the Detroit riots (and maybe any riots) ever penned.

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and that we want for ourselves.

How rude of you to hit the nail right on the head. Sometimes it sucks to be human.

AVGWarhawk · 08-12-11, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

I think we will survive with 3 less tourists per year

Excellent!

08-12-11, 07:12 AM	#49
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	No riots in America? A sample over 200+ years, in no particular order: Cincinnati, 1855 The Battle in Seattle Days of Rage 1742 Election Riot in Philadelphia 1979 White Night Riot We're perfectly capable of blowing up. The difference is, we tend to come back together again. On 9-11, it would have been perfectly logical to think that New Yorkers would have taken advantage of the chaos of that morning, but by and large, they didn't. The OP takes a rather dim view of us, for one who claims to speak for us. I've seen more of my neighbors helping each other during community crises than exploiting each other. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

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08-12-11, 10:58 AM	#57
flatsixes Weps Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	We had some pretty wild race riots in the US back in the 1960s. Watts. Detroit. Philadelphia. Camden. D.C. Newark. Atlanta. And let's not forget the "police riot" in Chicago in 1968. Last riot that I can recall that wasn't a bunch of jackwagons celebrating a sports victory/defeat was almost 20 years ago: Los Angeles, 1992. I'm certain that there will be others in the future. There's no shortage of "anger" in many cities, and, as history has demonstrated over and over, "anger" provides opportunity for some. Where the doomsayers (both foreign & domestic) get it wrong (in my opinion) is that they fail to take into account the underlying resiliency of a free society. As much as we may bitch and moan about things, its mostly about things we believe others (including the government) don't deserve, and that we want for ourselves. Although these tensions make for some anxious days from time to time, such temperaments have never been fatal to an orderly society bent on balancing justice and liberty. I'm reminded that 50 years ago today a wall was erected by a government to separate a people. So long as people in the United States have unfettered rights to travel within its borders, and if dissatisfied pick up and move, I don't fear our future as a free people. We'll work it out.