The fact that anyone would blame it on anarchists or the Black Bloc shows that those in positions of power and influence are either pernicious or seriously out of touch with reality, or both.
What got me was that, like all riots, there was only a small core of really active troublemakers who whip the others up - but what was different were the crowds of people standing around looking not at the riot, but at their cellphones and cameras that were making video of the riot for them to watch later. Meanwhile it was as if they felt they weren't even there - that as such spectators nothing would happen to them.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? Some of them even watched.
Sorry. It is disturbing, I agree. My first response when I see something—funny or awful—is now to whip out my cell and try to capture it. This can be beneficial: Police crimes, for example, are being caught on camera with much greater frequency. But it can also lead to an atomized, sociopathic citizenry.
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What got me was that, like all riots, there was only a small core of really active troublemakers who whip the others up - but what was different were the crowds of people standing around looking not at the riot, but at their cellphones and cameras that were making video of the riot for them to watch later. Meanwhile it was as if they felt they weren't even there - that as such spectators nothing would happen to them.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? Some of them even watched.
Sorry. It is disturbing, I agree. My first response when I see something—funny or awful—is now to whip out my cell and try to capture it. This can be beneficial: Police crimes, for example, are being caught on camera with much greater frequency. But it can also lead to an atomized, sociopathic citizenry.