Comment on Netherlands police face 'unprecedented' New Year's violence
smeg@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Calling it violence is weird and kind of stupid. A better word might be mayhem.
It’s not violence against people. It’s morons engaging in the annual new year tradition of exploding a fuckton of fireworks by amateurs, in very dense cities. The Netherlands has banned them nationwide, so hopefully it will chill next year.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Do you know the meaning of violence? They threw fireworks, stones and petrol bombs at firefighters, ambulances, police and public transportation.
The ban won’t help with the overal violence against emergency responders. Also, everything can still be bought in Belgium and Germany.