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San Francisco May Crack Down On Flash Mobs
San Francisco official say they are considering having a group of police officers suddenly appear to arrest people in flash mobs, and then disperse off to jail. This year's Valentine's Day pillow fight has angered some officials. They say the episode left the city with thousands of dollars in damage and cleanup costs due to mounds of wet, sticky feathers. The promoters of the counterculture event, now in its fourth year, must take responsibility for future happenings or "otherwise we are going to have to find a way to shut it down," said Lisa Seitz Gruwell of the Recreation and Park Department.
I guess that my idea of a flash "take a dump on the sidewalk" mob isn't going to please these clean freaks in San Francisco either.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
Simple answer: shorter flash mobs. Assemble and disburse before cops show up. As an extra precaution, have a disburse word or flag: if someone spots a cop or a horde thereof, yell the word and everyone goes away.
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'nuff said...
The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club
In a future when people commonly use teleportation to travel instantly to any point in the world, a sale at a department store might draw bargain hunters from all over the planet ... followed by reporters, pickpockets, political activists looking for a crowd, and anyone who think it might be fun to show up to a riot.
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I guess that my idea of a flash "take a dump on the sidewalk" mob isn't going to please these clean freaks in San Francisco either.
As long as everybody obides by the local poop-and-scoop laws then I don't see a problem. There should be no extra expense to the city.
"thousands of dollars in damage and cleanup costs due to mounds of wet, sticky feathers."
It's not like wet feathers ended up miles from the scene, and it isn't like street cleaning crews really clean the streets on a regular basis anyways. Thousands of dollars and Damage.... I like that term. Haha. There are more dangerous feathers floating around SF from Pigeons and Seagulls with disease then from pillows.
Oh well. Cherish the moment and don't post any videos since the next thing you know, they will be hunting you down based on face recognition technology. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING!!!!!