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Originally Posted by jcommin
Rick: what would happen in China? I have been there... Can you do what can be done in the USA or the UK? I don't think so.
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I don't know what would happen there. Depends on whether the unrest were in a major city or in the countryside. In the countryside, the police would probably be outmanned by farmers with pitchforks and they'd run away. In the cities the cops would have unlimited manpower, backed by the army. If the riots got to the point of threatening the regime, I don't doubt they'd shoot people. But honestly, I don't care if someone is armed or not. If you're destroying property, hurling rocks and bottles at people and setting fires, I have no problem with your getting shot. Doesn't matter what country it's in. Rest assured, in China they'd be going after the instigators once it was all over and they'd be disappeared and everyone would know about it. Add cell phones and the Internet into the mix and I don't know how bad it would get before the state cracked down. Rubber bullets and water cannons only deter the amateurs.