I presume Premesis is some sort of avenging god who retaliates after shops are damaged.
Hehe! I've been wondering about how we will decide whether or not this is all 'over', too. If it is indeed basically opportunistic crime based on a belief that the police don't have the manpower to stop it, then theoretically it could just keep on popping up every time the police scale back to more normal-scale operations. For that reason, I suspect that over the next few days there will be some pretty ostentatious displays of exemplary justice meted out to those looters who've been arrested, to convey a strong general message that it isn't actually consequence-free. I just hope the legal system doesn't get too carried away with that, as it could cause problems of its own.
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Date: 2011-08-10 10:46 am (UTC)Hehe! I've been wondering about how we will decide whether or not this is all 'over', too. If it is indeed basically opportunistic crime based on a belief that the police don't have the manpower to stop it, then theoretically it could just keep on popping up every time the police scale back to more normal-scale operations. For that reason, I suspect that over the next few days there will be some pretty ostentatious displays of exemplary justice meted out to those looters who've been arrested, to convey a strong general message that it isn't actually consequence-free. I just hope the legal system doesn't get too carried away with that, as it could cause problems of its own.