Quote:I don't really understand why you're creating a circular argument around this. What example has been a lie?
For starters, when you said the streets were empty. The rest are either outright lies, or BS spin:
* the streets were empty (except for all those people caught on film in the background)
* the people caught on film in the background couldn't possibly have noticed what was going on, but if they did, they would have known it was staged
* OK, the streets weren't empty, but they chose a time that was convenient for them. Does that count?
* criminals never wear disguises
* crimes are never caught on film
* if you were a gambling man, you'd bet on them surviving
* a cop faced with an automatic weapon will stop and have a look around and realise that crimes are never filmed and criminals never wear disguises
* a kidnapping, bombing or shooting is really no different to a picnic in the park or a game of cricket.
* doing "nothing at all" to prevent the situation escalating counts as a "good effort"
* cops never shoot people accidentally
* it is OK to get shot if it is the cop's fault and their gun gets taken away
* suicide by cop is a fundamental human right, so long as it results from stupidity and crazy ideas about freedom, rather than intent
* what are the Darwin awards?
Quote:Do you deny their pranks were all staged? Do you deny that their pranks were done in quiet times and there are hardly people present? I mean, if they decided to do the prank on a busy shopping strip, or in a shopping centre, or just a street with busy foot traffic - well maybe you'd have a leg to stand on, when it comes to the idea that it somehow created a public nuisance.
I am not criticising them for getting in the way of a busy area. You are the one claiming they made a good effort to prevent the situation escalating, not me.