Author Topic: Madison riots (Read 1900 times)

Octavius · « **on:** November 03, 2002, 11:30:27 PM »

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/nov02/93044.asp?source=tmj4

This whole weekend in Madtown can be summed up in one word: insanity.

Up and down State street (main drag in Madison) there were broken windows and other crap. In the morning it looked like a warzone! My friends and I saw the police in riot gear and the fire that was made in the street. We decided to get the hell out of there as soon as we heard the tear gas explosions. 65,000 people est. was about right... they were dancing ontop of bus stops, climbing light poles, kicking windows... all round pandamonium.

craziness

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2002, 11:36:08 PM »

But I thought having all those Guns negated that sort of violent behaviour?

XNachoX · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2002, 11:39:51 PM »

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Originally posted by SC-Sp00k
But I thought having all those Guns negated that sort of violent behaviour?

Octavius · « **Reply #3 on:** November 03, 2002, 11:44:55 PM »

Apples and oranges, Spook. Obviously none of the partiers were armed, none of the shop owners were armed or even present. Should they have been there defending their shop by waving a gun around, the police would have dealt with THEM instead.

The events that took place were done mostly by out of towners and not UW Madison students. Like the article said, some of them came from as far as New York and Indiana just to party here. It was an unfortunate incident. Why not ban bars? Sound good Spook? Ahh, hell, go further and ban alcohol.. oh wait, been there done that.

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #4 on:** November 03, 2002, 11:47:24 PM »

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Originally posted by SC-Sp00k
But I thought having all those Guns negated that sort of violent behaviour?

Strange how you bring this up when not a single shot was fired.

Also.. you may want to read the article.

Pretty boring event... not quite on par with most soccer parties.

AKDejaVu

Leslie · « **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2002, 11:47:38 PM »

A good reason to do away with Halloween. Just another excuse to go on a riot.

Les

easymo · « **Reply #6 on:** November 04, 2002, 12:22:56 AM »

Clearly bottles and bricks need to be outlawed.

SOB · « **Reply #7 on:** November 04, 2002, 12:26:10 AM »

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Originally posted by AKDejaVu
Also.. you may want to read the article.

AKDejaVu

You're presuming he can read.

SOB

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #8 on:** November 04, 2002, 03:17:13 AM »

But dont the shop keepers have a right to protect their property?
Those kids attacking Government or State Police Officers. Dont they have that right under the Constitution to raise merry hell against the Administrational led Authoritarion figureheads who infringe upon their civil freedoms? Why werent they armed with more than a beer bottle. Why not a heavier calibre?

The owners of those $30-40,000.00 cars they were jumping all over. Dont they have a right to protect their property? Were innocents caught up in the violence and mayhem? Dont you have a constitutional right to BLOW them away?

What good are those handguns, the Belt fed Machine Guns and the UZI's if you cant protect your Constitional right to preserve life and property dammit!!!!

A MAN would have utilised the services of his personal Armoury and planted S-Mines and Claymores alongside every bin. One kick and you make his day.

Perhaps tho, you are correct. I have obviously exagerated a perfectly normal celebratory event. With civil riots on a steady decline since the days of Malcolm X and Robert King, I should take better note of the peace and tranquility that the cold blue steel of a S&W .38 brings to the citizens of Madison.

Leslie · « **Reply #9 on:** November 04, 2002, 03:27:51 AM »

That's not a .38. That's a .25.

Les

capt. apathy · « **Reply #10 on:** November 04, 2002, 04:07:40 AM »

yep, they have the right to own guns to protect their property. looks like the chose not to use them. the key is choice. just because someone ownes a gun doesn't mean they are gonna do a john wayne style shoot out anytime some kids get out of hand. I bet many of the victims of this riot did own guns but decided that these kids where so out of control that if they confronted them they would have to end up killing at least one of them and that their property wasn't worth taking a life.

I guess people can have the right to own guns and still have good judgement.

btw- as far as giving up guns. why the hell would anyone trust a gov't to have guns, if that gov't doesn't trust you to have guns?

SC-Sp00k · « **Reply #11 on:** November 04, 2002, 05:20:18 AM »

I know Bama. I just grabbed the first thing I could find for dramatic effect

It saves on Exclaimation marks

gofaster · « **Reply #12 on:** November 04, 2002, 08:48:07 AM »

We have a similar street party thing here for Halloween, but when the crowds started getting big in the late 1980s, the organizers got smart and started charging admission. They put up temporary fencing for security and crowd control, and then had extra security personnel at the major checkpoints. The admission charge helped keep the "undesirables" out, and what economics couldn't accomplish big men with clubs and handcuffs could.

lazs2 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 04, 2002, 09:06:46 AM »

spook... can't even find pictures of guns in your country anymore? LOL. in real riots... those with guns don't get beat to death or have their property looted... ask some Korean storeowners in L.A. I don't think you know a .25 from a .38 anyway.
lazs

midnight Target · « **Reply #14 on:** November 04, 2002, 12:32:30 PM »

Hollywood Halloween party had 400 thousand show and no problems.... buncha Midwestern morals ruined those kids obviously!