stutheninja said:
having said i would riot, i would probably be one of the last people to leg it, cause i want to keep all the stuff i just jacked and then some.
That strategy would actually decrease your chances. The last person to leg it is usually the first one to receive a beating. Getting your looted stuff home in one piece would be quite a challenge too... especially if it's heavy or you've been extra greedy and have a lot of stuff. Having actually been in a city while a riot was happening, I can say firsthand that as someone carrying looted merchandise you are a target for not only the police but everybody else too. People who loot things from stores get robbed and beaten by other looters, or business owners, or concerned citizens who hate rioters. Your only real chance of getting your new toys home is if you robbed the corner store right near where you live, in which case good luck shopping again in the neighbourhood after everything dies down.
Rioting looks like fun on the surface but it's for douchebags, really. It causes a lot of misery, people often die needlessly and the local economy turns to shit. Whenever you steal something, you might think you're getting free stuff, but you actually end up paying more because of the negative effect the theft has on the economy of where you live. You might think "oh it's just one xbox", just like it's fine for one person to shit in a river, but if everyone shits in the river, then you just have a river of shit and nobody can drink anymore - including you. It's more fun to earn toys the proper way anyway.