Wednesday, February 19, 2003 |
09:52 - Hey, there's an idea
http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=23016
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Awriiiiight. Seanbaby has just put up another article in The Wave, this time exploring the phenomenon of Raiders fans trashing Oakland after the Super Bowl. I'm sure readers of The Wave are likely to be more receptive to this kind of thing than the average bear...
If there's one thing that's clear now, it's that we'll never know what causes sports rioting until we ask the screaming mob of arsonists themselves. But they, of course, would light us on fire and kill us. So instead, we should focus on how to stop this type of activity in the future. There are a couple ways we can do this. The first is stricter crowd control. Today, police have a number of less-lethal methods at their disposal: tear gas, rubber bullets, fire hoses, sticks and more. These are all very cute. And while I agree with whichever little girl invented rubber bullets that we shouldn't open fire on every savage mob that comes along, remember, these are people who are destroying a city over a football game. We should be fighting that with flesh-eating acid. It might sound harsh, but let's not kid ourselves -- if someone's lighting your house on fire because a sports team didn't perform well, they probably aren't going to grow up to take sick children on trust-building whitewater rafting expeditions. Human life is a precious thing, to a point. And seeing the torch-carrying Raider enthusiast in front of you get melted down into a pile of steaming soup will probably make your savage brain think twice before you throw that brick at the firemen.
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