[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Got to love some of the responses here when it comes to these things. We have normalized this level of behavior and the level of brashness to it, no matter who get's victimized.

Listen, there are some people who are hungry, broke, at their wits end, down on their luck or whatever. I don't agree with it at all but stealing baby formula, peanuts, bacon and canned fish quietly in your pocket is a completely different thing than what we are witnessing in these videos and what is occurring with flash mobs even right here in Calgary.

Smashing, grabbing and assaulting employee's at luxury good stores, jewelry stores or big box retailers is a different thing entirely. The brashness, the violence, the damage to the store, the damage and safety/security of the employee's and customers involved makes this far worse.

No one and I mean no one should be ok with what is going on in these scenarios. It's getting worse and it needs to be stopped and dealt with forcibly. If anyone would like to argue the counterpoint, please feel free to post their home address as I am sure they have valuable goods at home. Plenty of people I know that can break an arm with a tire iron, have their face covered in glass, scare the living hell out of their parents or their girlfriend/wife and rob them of their own personal safety all while collecting whatever valuables they have. If we even hear so much of a peep out of these people than we know where they really stand on this issue. It's ok for Walmart employee's to be scared to hell and assaulted because of garbage people but not CP members? Gotcha.

I disagree with violent mob thefts, and I also think you're sick. you'd probably just send your friends after me to prove a point for stealing a pair of socks.