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Post number 3719

th3ph17 — Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:03:05 -0800

Ahh....community spirit. "Some people on the street, noticing the brewing trouble pulled over and got out of their cars to participate in the ruckus", said Sam Cook, 25, of Oakland.

By: PWA_BadBoy

PWA_BadBoy — Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:28:58 -0800

sigh.....

By: Brilliantcrank

Brilliantcrank — Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:38:16 -0800

Well, it sure beats watching baseball.

By: parvati

parvati — Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:02:03 -0800

Damn. I knew there was a reason I love living in Berkeley...

By: snarkout

snarkout — Tue, 17 Oct 2000 06:50:50 -0800

Damn it. I lived in Berkeley for two years, and there wasn't a single riot, but as soon as I move to the East Coast...

By: josholalia

josholalia — Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:40:08 -0800

So, uh, sports victory = excuse for looting? Where's the link to the similar antics following the Lakers win at the NBA finals? Or the UK football (U.S. soccer) matches? I'm increasingly of the mind the post-apocalyptic images conjured up in the likes of Blade Runner an others are actually our own post-modernist wet dream reality... All of which is to say, in such a jaded world, we take this kind of stuff for granted. Or should we?

By: humboldt32

humboldt32 — Wed, 18 Oct 2000 01:35:33 -0800

God, I f'ing hate this world!

By: snarkout

snarkout — Wed, 18 Oct 2000 07:24:48 -0800

There was no sports victory. It was just a riot for the sake of rioting. And that's the best kind of riot! (Although if the end of the World Series results in New York burning to the ground, I guess that's pretty good too. Stinking Yankees.)