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Flash Mobs: Peaceable Assembly for Spontaneous Fun

Schmendr1ck writes "The Orlando Sentinel is carrying a story on the growing trend of 'creating a crowd on a moment's notice for no particular reason' knows as a flash mob. Recent flash mobs (sometimes hundreds of people) have wandered into into an upscale NYC shoe store acting like confused tourists from Maryland, gathered at the Hyatt near Grand Central Station for 15 seconds of spontaneous applause, and converged on the Macy's carpet department to debate the quality of the rugs for sale. Check cheesebikini? for pictures and info on past mobs, as well as links to sites that organize these events. Sounds like a fun, harmless, and Constitutionally-protected way of blowing off a little steam."

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  2. I'm organising a flash mob. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Everyone post a goatse link somewhere in this article in exactly 15 minutes, then close your slashdot account.

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  4. Old Idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Niggers do this all the time but usually they walk out of the stores carrying TV's on their backs.

  5. Re:Constitutional protection! Ha! by ctxspy · · Score: -1, Troll

    Did they un-lose that night in jail? did they un-traumatize otherwise good kids? Did they in turn shove giant wooden dildos up each others asses for being complete shit-faces?

    I didn't think so.

  6. cheesebikini.com? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    no thanks, I'll be hanging out at http://www.bikini.com, fags.

  7. Re:Constitutional protection! Ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not another one of you people. Despite your fellow "sites" posters paranoid claims, this is not evidence of the US turning into a police state. The stupid kids were loitering in the parking lot on private property and the owner called the police to take care of it.

    Some of the stupid kids thought that they could avoid this by rushing into the store to buy some junk the second the police arrived. The police were wise to this crap and ended up catching them.

    While some innocents got caught in the process, I say the police handled the matter correctly.

    Would you mind it if a bunch of slashdoters came over and slashdoted your private property? Would you let us off if we ran over to buy something from you the second we saw the police?

    Hopefully this taught the kids a lesson, but I doubt it. Too bad about the cops though.

  8. sig by Pres.+Ronald+Reagan · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't you mean "USian," you pinko, socialist, bitch-of-the-government? Perhaps your opinion will count when you are weaned from the state's teat.

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  9. Re:Bunch of morons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I know this much, if the gay little fucks block traffic and hold me up I will get out and kick their artistic asses. Seriously, this is the gayest dumbest shit I have ever heard of.

  10. Re:Constitutional protection! Ha! by akuma624 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You suck.

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