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Voyou_Charmant
11/23/09

In reply to Jailed for Not Using Twitter
If the police can't rely on teenage pop-stars to do police work such as --- managing a crowed of teenagers (probably mostly girls?), who can they rely on?

This is one of the more insane stories I have ever read.

I know when I'm engaging in angry mob activities, I typically rely on updates from my social networks.

Like just the other day, me and some fellow activists were actively smashing the state when I received a tweet: "OMG! wrong Starbucks teh manager @ that 1 is kewl he alwaz hooks me ^, it's the 1 across the street lol #revolution #NewMoon"

So, we stopped with the bricks, headed to the crosswalk, and stuck it to the man!
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Ninety-9
11/23/09

@Voyou_Charmant: "If the police can't rely on teenage pop-stars to do police work such as --- managing a crowed of teenagers (probably mostly girls?), who can they rely on?"

TOO EASY!!!
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Voyou_Charmant
11/23/09

@Ninety-9: You win the internets for the next few hours. Congrats, sir and/or ma'am.

#tips
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Rogue Justice
11/23/09

@Voyou_Charmant: Actually, having read a bit more about this, it makes sense. His VP planned the event, but did not expect this many people to attend. The police were afraid for both people and property, so they told him (the VP) to help them to disperse the crowd with twitter. The event had already been announced canceled at this point, but people weren't leaving. The VP refused to do this and made it that much harder to get rid of the crowd. His event, he should have done everything in his power to shut it down.

Also, I'm betting the police could have handled the crowd, but I think they probably were reluctant to use tear gas or the like on a bunch of teenage girls.
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Voyou_Charmant
11/24/09

@Rogue Justice: Had it been only one 10 year old girl, they could have just tazered her. They simply weren't equipped to taze' that many kids.

Seriously, the police are trained to handle adults rioting, but not loitering teenagers? Think about what you are saying.

#tips
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Curves
06/11/09

In reply to Levitron Revolution Makes Your Junk Look Awesome While Suspended in Space
I cant use it; my junk still weighs more than 4 ozs even with the batteries out.
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bosskev
06/11/09

@Curves: Here ya' go, Curves, the perfect replacement for that heavy, old-fashioned model:

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And to quote the salient part of the article:

"...with a light weight of just over an ounce and internal optics that can still work even on curved or soft surfaces."

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Curves
06/12/09

@bosskev: I was talking about my battery operated chattering teeth.

Perv.
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Curves
06/12/09

@bosskev: Thats curved AND soft, tyvm.
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bosskev
06/12/09

@Curves: Of course!
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