Pumpkinfest Riots?

I am absolutely APPALLED at the destruction wrought by this mob. And this is supposed to be America's 'bright shining future'? These rampaging destructive hooligans?

http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Crews-Respond-to-Incident-at-Keene-State-College-279673512.html

I think it's a damn shame and a scathing indictment of the state of society in this country.

Oh yes, of course it is a mess, and the people doing this are a bunch of idiotic, privileged little punks. But there's still a twinge of humor in it, I think. Not like "Ha ha, its funny this happened to a community" but more like "Oh my god, these kids are so ridiculously stupid, you kind of have to make fun of them and laugh!" I mean, seriously, who riots over pumpkins? What are their motivations? Pumpkin spice justice? Lol. WTF?

i see your humor but i really don't think it's funny at all...in any way. to destroy...just wantonly destroy people's $30k cars just because you CAN be an idiot. they actually totally flipped two cars over and video shows mobs rocking cars --who knows if they had frightened people trapped in them. it really had to have been extremely terrifying for the many small children that would have been there.

and i agree that they are stupid. Is it horrible to hope that someday someone destroys something THEY worked hard for?? they are damn lucky that some of them aren't sitting in jail on murder/manslaughter charges this morning. It was such an 'evil mob marauding', imo.

If this is the behavior people engage in at a 'fun family event', what the hell is going to happen if we have a true crisis? Oh, wait...we already know...

I heard they even had to call in the National Gourd!!

tear gas, mace and rubber bullets.

Yeah, pumpkin spice pepper spray!

I can actually relate to the rioters. I mean, give me pumpkin spice lattes or give me death, am I right?

Wasn't it Ben Franklin who said "Those who are willing to sacrifice their pumpkins to gain a little temporary safety deserve neither pumpkins, not safety."?

This behavior will lead to an even stronger police presence next year, if the event is permitted at all, and a lot of people staying away. A lot of people must have worked very hard to put on the festival and they have my sympathy.

Wow... Asshats can, and WILL, ruin a great event for folks. Geez.

But those college kids ... They've got to fight ... For their right ... To paaaaaaarty. It's the only patriotic thing to do.

dbruner said:

This behavior will lead to an even stronger police presence next year, if the event is permitted at all, and a lot of people staying away. A lot of people must have worked very hard to put on the festival and they have my sympathy.

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i, too, wonder if they will even have the fest next year. it just sucks. a$$hats, indeed....literally...IN DEED they are a$$hats...

frankly, i would LOVE to see a judge sentence EVERY student at that college to 5 hours of community service to make reparations to the community.

Very unfortunate occurrence. I hate being lumped in with these types of $%#ers simply because of my age, as so many tend to assume that all younger people are nothing but worthless scum who will jump anything that moves and look for any excuse to party and cause destruction. Anyone else wanting to crack their heads open and scoop out what little brains they may have?

garth, i fear your efforts will be in vain...i don't think those zombies have any brains at all.

On the plus side, the college has said they will deal with any of those involved that they can identify.

Unless they are athletes. Then they get a free pass.

Screaming Demons said:

On the plus side, the college has said they will deal with any of those involved that they can identify.

Unless they are athletes. Then they get a free pass.

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Too flipping true...

This article at The Daily Beast gives a pretty good picture of what happened: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...iot-police-at-keene-n-h-pumpkin-festival.html

The key points being:

1) This was frat boy stuff, from students in and out of the state. Their only point was to "f*ck sh*t up".

2) The rioting did not take place on Main Street itself, but 3 blocks away, so it was separate from the actual festival. That's being totally lost in the majority of media coverage.

Also, I'm glad I highlighted the Pumpkin Blaze in my other thread and not the Keene festival. Damn.