This reminds me of the time I accidentally participated in a genuinely spontaneous reaction to a bomb attack against civilians by insurgents (or whatever the ne

This reminds me of the time I accidentally participated in a genuinely spontaneous reaction to a bomb attack against civilians by insurgents (or whatever the neutral term should be: somebody's "freedom fighters", I expect). About an hour after the attack, a huge crowd of people had sat down blocking the streets in the European city, chanting slogans. I was near a group of teenagers, mostly, fairly photogenic, I suppose, so a television crew turned up to film them. When one of the journalists started trying to direct the young people, telling them where they should sit and what they should chant, there was an interesting reaction: they got very angry with the television crew and refused to cooperate, basically shouting at the television crew until it went way. Unfortunately I only had a basic knowledge of the local language and could only get a rough idea of what was being said. In view of all that, perhaps I should approve of the UK government's plans: they are directing how naive people react to the violence while at the same time giving less naive people an opportunity to learn about manipulation. Everyone benefits!