-Caveat Lector-
It's times like these I'm glad I live in a country that isn't awash
with hand guns.
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Das GOAT wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> My boss, who's been skeptical thus far about the potential dangers of
> "Y2K," just heard BAD NEWS from a friend of his, a person with a high-ranking
> position in the San Mateo (Ca.) Police Department [or Sheriff's Department, I
> don't remember which]..
[ .... ]
> first, mass drunken anarchy, with the usual random violence and the
> overturning and torching of automobiles ... then, knife and GUN violence, as
> black, Latino, and Asian gangs (who, according to "police intelligence," are
> plotting to seize this opportunity) arrive on the scene armed, committing
> hit-and-run criminal acts (robbery, carjacking, rape, etc) on the hapless
> revellers, and then vanishing, "lost in the crowd," panicking ... everyone
> ... the police join the fray, leading to shootouts on crowded streets between
> cops and gangs -- seeing which, mobs of outraged inner-city teens surge
> forward and attack the police ... and finally, this mob hysteria turns even
> uglier, in a totally brazen looting of downtown retail outlets, arson of
> "white" properties, and rioting, before long snowballing into a scene that
> would make the LA riots look like a Boy Scout party ...
Geez. I dunno who's more paranoid - these cops or the Second Coming
types!
It's a worst case scenario ... possible of course but not likely in my
opinion.
But then again, there are that many big cities in the US
with "poverty-stricken ethnic ghettos" (call it what you will) full of
people who feel they have nothing to loose and everything to gain from
a good bit of rioting and looting ...
>
> AFTER which, there goes Posse Comitatus, and here comes Martial Law, and
> the suspension of all Constitutional freedoms and rights for an indefinite
> duration ...
>
As if the US government has been making a habit of repsecting the
letter and spirit of its Constitution up until now ...
Enjoy!
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Matt Lowry ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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I haven't lost my mind !
I've got it backed up on floppy somewhere ...
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