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[avevale_intelligencer]

"Rioting is Nature's way of telling a government that it's not doing its job properly." --H. Sacristan

Of course that is taking the whole thing far too lightly, and I do not want anyone to think I am not desperately unhappy and worried about my friends and about all innocent bystanders who will suffer from this. Please, everyone, be careful, especially when travelling.

Comments

[howeird]

Agreed. No shots need be fired, the threat is all that is needed. See my reply to pbristow above

[occams_pyramid]

NO

England is not the USA. Even threatening to open fire on a crowd would not be acceptable and would have appalling short and long term consequences.

IT IS NOT AN OPTION IN ENGLAND.

[howeird]

Thanks. I hear you. A very different culture.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

The threat would have at least 10 times as many people out on the streets in protest the following day/night, with the police's meagre resources thus split between ensuring public safety at the resulting demonstrations and minimising the impact of the night's youthful festivities criminal rampage.

Not to mention the millions of pounds then wasted on post-mortem inquiries into why the hell the police decided to do such a damn fool thing in an already tense and tricky situation.