would you join a riot?

[CZS PublicEnemy]

I'd go straight for the nearest electronics store.

 

[manaman]

Well I WOULD join th riot if it was banning bacon or internet or someting
but it it was banning 4chan I would help the police

Still I can attest that yeah you can get caught up in a riot, but you're best just avoiding the action all together.

Considering the size of this town, I really wouldn't be too concerned. Now if I lived in Vancouver and got stuck in a riot...

I think I'd follow your advice.

I was in Seattle when the Mardi Gras riots broke out. Thankfully they where not as large as the WTO riots a few years before, but you really didn't want to get in the way of the police at the time.

yes, but only so i can steal stuff without being caught

Yeah cause avoiding bullets and getting your head bashed in is preferable to not being a dishonest and actually paying for the products you use. Not to mention the possibility of having a criminal record, and or dying. Both those things kind mess up your life a bit.

Help the police. No asshole self-destructive pricks are going to ruin my neighborhood!

Want to know what happened to bystanders who tried to help people during the Mardi Gras riots? Some of them where killed, most of them where beaten.

I usually advocate helping people, but riots are as special kind of madness, once people get caught up in it then you will find it's much better for your health to just avoid being near them if at all possible.

Edit: I found some pictures for you all to look at if you wish.

http://www.seattlepi.com/photos/subcategory.asp?DisplayType=ThumbDesc&SubID=123

 

[Stryc9]

I'd only join if it's a Zoot Suit Riot.

 

[loppopoo]

I'm up for a little victim-less looting.

 

[teqrevisited]

I would watch. It'd be pretty entertaining and I would be less likely to sustain any injuries and have zero chance of being arrested.

 

[GnomeThief]

I'd retreat to a safe distance. I'm small, so it's pretty likely I'd get trampled if I stuck around.

 

[Veldaroth]

I hate riots. I'd either try to help the police (probably by grabbing a heavy metal object and jumping into the middle of the riot) or I'd leave.

 

[warprincenataku]

There was one here for about six months, didn't join it not one time. *smiles with glee*

 

[Pegghead]

I think I'd probably try to just stay out of it, if there was something that I wanted to express that much I think it would be better to hold a peaceful protest and not just destroy things and hurt people for the cause.

 

[lizards]

b help the police

 

[XJ-0461]

Depends, what are we rioting against?

 

[ethan22122]

I would hlp the police.

 

[faselei]

Half you people are seriously naive. Riots tend to start for a reason. In areas of high unemployment after a spark or another, generally the death of a local person at the hands of the police, well that's what tends to be the spark in the UK and France most commonly. The chances of them starting in your white bred detached house yankee suburbs are pretty bloody low. You'd help the police?! Shiiit, i worry about the youth of today, you're meant to have a bit of fight in you, meant to be idealistic.

On topic, if its a football riot they can go to hell, if its for a real reason, who knows.

 

[Comrade Mateo]

"Did you see the pool? They flipped the *****!"
Cookie if you get the reference.

But all I really need is music, a steady riot and my soul.
Secondary cookie (or cake) if you know what those lyrics are from.

 

[Perhaps]

Pacifist.

 

[e2density]

D.
Don't care to get arrested or make a fool of myself in front of hundreds of people.

 

[Spinozaad]

E) I'd get away, because I'm a coward.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

I doubt something like that happens on my block, because it too small. >_<
But I mostly will walked away.

 

[Ham_authority95]

I'd only join if it's a Zoot Suit Riot.

YES! That band is from my hometown *High fives*

OT: I would take out a lawn chair and watch, but I would never join due to the fact that
Huge mass of people+ Tear gas and baton wielding police= Pain