Internet rages as a Baltimore Whole Foods market made effort to feed US Soldiers in the city. - Polidicks

[QUOTE=MightyLOLZOR;47640563]Can't really say I blame them. If I was black, and had to deal with this shit all the time, I'd be breaking shit too.[/QUOTE] Well fortunately most black people who have to deal with this shit all the time aren't breaking shit because they understand the idea that it's wrong to violate the rights of others because you're angry, so I don't think they'd agree if your assessment of what you would do if you were black.

while it might be cathartic to break shit, destroying other, unrelated peoples' property is wrong and gives the police legal excuse to crack some skulls, if you want to look at it from that angle

[QUOTE=ImUnstoppable;47638031]The hell? Isn't it the job of Whole Foods to serve food? So what is the deal here? The national guard came over, asked for some food, Whole Foods gave because they where keeping peace, and preventing rioters from DESTROYING the store. And the tweet about the "hungry kids cuz schools closed" is the fault of the rioters rioting and causing those schools to close down... People these days.[/QUOTE] People will always remain self-justified when it comes to these things. The National Guard aren't seen as the required and necessary threshold caused by the chaos, they're seen as oppressive extensions of the authority that's making things worse for everyone and suppressing them in their opinions.

[QUOTE=Dr. Punchgroin;47630519]You'd think with the defense budget being so fuckhuge they wouldn't need meals from a mega corporation[/QUOTE] The DoDs budget is massive, but most of it goes to research and development and the private sector that makes shit for the Military, then it goes to Active Duty units, then Guard/Reserve units. You'd be surprised, despite the Military downsizing, the budget is increasing and the actual soldiers themselves don't get most of that money. [editline]1st May 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=CabooseRvB;47631729]If I'm in a unit that is operating in a huge city with many people causing havoc and rioting, I wouldn't mind getting support from local businesses especially when it comes to food. I'd rather have some nice sandwiches with real bread than an MRE any time of the day.[/QUOTE] Any real food tastes amazing if you've been living off MREs for a while. I'm a pretty picky eater, but I've learned to enjoy MREs, and when you get real food its a godsend-also you shit your brains out.

[QUOTE=Antdawg;47638463]Yes I can reach about[/QUOTE] woops i miss-typed, fuck me right?

[QUOTE=Wizards Court;47637501]you have to remember that most facepunchers are probably middle-class, and rather sheltered, they think peaceful protesting works at all times, when historically, peaceful protests working are the exception(even to this day), not the rule, its like they never read a history book.[/QUOTE] some of us also come from countries where peaceful protests helped topple the iron curtain to an extent.... Nonpeaceful protests essentially have two levels. a) rioting - once this happens, the protesters very quickly loose wide public support, which results in the government actually being vindicated in heavy handed tactics (until they go too far at least) b) civil war The thing, which many protesters often forget, that the goal of a protest isn't instant change. It's to essentially capture the hearts and minds of the majority population. Because unless you do, very little will change. The article says it pretty well. [quote] "Researchers used to say that no government could survive if just 5 percent of the population rose up against it," Chenoweth says. "Our data shows the number may be lower than that. No single campaign in that period failed after they'd achieved the active and sustained participation of just 3.5 percent of the population." She adds, "But get this: every single campaign that exceeded that 3.5 percent point was a nonviolent one. The nonviolent campaigns were on average four times larger than the average violent campaigns." [/quote]

[QUOTE=Fort83;47637922]Maybe they should spend less time looting and more time working so they can feed their children.[/QUOTE] their children were still starving before any riots began...

[QUOTE=Naarkie;47639107]hey sorry this is super late but whats to stop the government from using the national guard against the states? Or is it just that the army is much larger?[/QUOTE] Because the government isn't in control of the national guard, the states are. If the president decides to federalize the national guard, they can no longer operate within their states without congressional approval.

[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;47642619]Because the government isn't in control of the national guard, the states are. If the president decides to federalize the national guard, they can no longer operate within their states without congressional approval.[/QUOTE] To be fair, the army isn't suppose to operate outside the US without Congressional approval either.