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If they did this people like me would start setting off fireworks in protest.
by lwansbrough 3mo ago
If they did this people like me would start setting off fireworks in protest.
- inigyou 3mo agoIf you set off a firework in front of a cop to protest fireworks being illegal, that would be illegal and you'd go to jail
- quailfarmer 3mo agoBut if you arrest him, I’m going to set off fireworks in protest. The market of stubbornness can remain solvent for a long time.
- inigyou 3mo agoCops have arrest quotas to meet - they don't mind arresting you too.
- lwansbrough 3mo agoThey actually do mind, which is why they don’t do it. Did you forget the reality of the situation? They mind because they are completely outnumbered. Policing only works if you can point out a small minority and say “these people are causing harm to the majority of us”. With something like fireworks (or cannabis protests in many places) the police are severely outnumbered and they don’t have enough room in their jails anyway.
- IAmBroom 3mo agoClassic Internet Tough Guy boast. Imagine thinking that, when the police come to fine you, your neighbors will break the law in front of the police "to show them!". Your neighbors may be just smart enough to not invite the police to fine them, too. The "market of stubbornness" is about one deep at any given moment.
- klaff 3mo agoLOL, 25 years ago my neighbors and I were setting off fireworks over a yet-undeveloped part of our neighborhood. We saw police pull into the neighborhood. My family were the cowards who went inside. Our neighbors had to pay a fine. If we'd hung around we'd have paid a fine too.