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by unoti 5482 days ago
Or perhaps the trucker, the gas station attendant, or both get nabbed by crazed mobs of people wanting to loot the contents of the truck and the gas station. Watch some videos of, say, the LA Riots. Here's a video of truck driver Reginald Denny getting beat by a mob. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc_SgpyJWRY During the LA Riots there was a lot less reason for people to loot and go crazy than there would be in a food and money disruption situation. I admire your confidence in believing in the best in people, but personally I'm skeptical about that.
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You do know the LA riots were not caused by lack of internet service, right?

Rodney King was beaten by LAPD officers and it was videotaped and the officers were acquitted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King

If anything, riots would be caused by people reading and understanding this article:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-real-housewive...