Similarities of the LA riot 1992 and Indonesian riot of 1998

[nathan]

I was reading about the Indonesian Riots of 1998 when the Asian Financial Crisis happened in May that year. The riots spread like wildfire all over Indonesia that run for days . There were thousands of victims mainly Indonesian Chinese who controlled the business sectors. The Indonesian rioter's mob were funneling their anger into destroying shops and carrying out their killing sprees on the defenseless Indo Chinese. If only those Chinese were armed to defend themselves , the deaths would had been fewer. Many were hacked to death, decapitated and mutilated, rapings , sodomized, burnings, lootings, etc. Just too gruesome to described. The Indonesian Army was too late to show up in the streets and didnt intervene while it was happening before their eyes. (check youtube on indonesian riots of 1998).

Now if we look at the LA Riots of 1992 the black mobs targeted the Koreantown. It was convenient for the angry mob to vent their anger and commit their destruction and looting. They didnt do decapitation and mutilation of bodies though unlike the muslim Indonesians. It appears those acts of murderous rampage are more common in third world countries

The only way to even survive in such a chaotic situation is to fight and defend with the gun. The Korean shopowners during the LA riot were good example of the need to stand your ground and aggressively take out the bad elements .

 

[Loc n Load]

Facade of civilization

I was deployed to LA during the 92 riots and was in Korea town, It wasn't just the Koreans( although they were certainly targeted) who had to fight for their property and their lives, it was anybody that was in South Central.....it isn't just massive civil disturbances that you have to worry about, I was also deployed to Miami in August of 92 and people had to fend for themselves there also. With such massive destruction, there was no or little police presence, no power, no pottable water, etc.
There were gangs roaming, looting and pillaging just as they did in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. We had a flood disaster here in my home state in 08 and it did not take long for the looter's to start robbing homes and businesses. When the lights go out and the police cannot possibly respond to everything that is happening, you are most definitely on your own.

 

[fiddleharp]

Amy Chua's "World On Fire" pretty much explains it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/feb/21/highereducation.news
The nineteenth-century British had a habit of carrying and transplanting Indian and other Asiatics to many of their possessions around the world, then leaving them there, to become the "merchant class", much to the dismay of the locals. These newcomers soon became rich and politically dominant.
There are tremendous racial resentments in places like Fiji between the natives and the Indian elite that the world never hears about. Only force of arms keeps the natives from driving the Indians out.
It's been simmering all over the world for decades. Only a huge police presence keeps it from boiling over into "ethnic cleansing".

 

[joeschmoe]

Economic instability is... unstable.
Desperate people... get desperate.
Armed citizens... will defend themselves.

That seems obvious in the abstract, but no one predicted the above riots or other similar disturbances. Economic instability in our country, or even in Mexico, is dangerous for everyone. Allowing a divided class system is dangerous for everyone. Being a ready and waiting victim, or villain, is dangerous for everyone.

It is in everyone's interest to have a strong, stable and just country, and neighboring countries.

 

[nathan]

As a result of the Indonesian Riot, thousands and thousands of scared Indo Chinese left Indonesia and moved to Singapore and abroad. Practically it was a bloodbath targeted on ethnic Chinese. Unfortunately they were defenseless in a country such as Indonesia. To many experts it was dejavu like the Massacre of Nanking in 1937 by the Japanese Imperial Army.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=uJK_bwLIZpY


We are so fortunate in this country to have our Second Amendment right to defend our lives and properties. Let us refuse to be victims of social upheavals if we can help it. Govt will not always be there to help protect our lives. Second Amendment all the way...

 

[nathan]

If you look at the context of the United States, we got all those forces at work. If the economy goes yoyo and God forbid, then things can go pretty much as violent as in third world countries. Just consider the millions of illegals coming from the South of the border, many of these have criminal records unknown to many .


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Amy Chua's "World On Fire" pretty much explains it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004...education.news
The nineteenth-century British had a habit of carrying and transplanting Indian and other Asiatics to many of their possessions around the world, then leaving them there, to become the "merchant class", much to the dismay of the locals. These newcomers soon became rich and politically dominant.
There are tremendous racial resentments in places like Fiji between the natives and the Indian elite that the world never hears about. Only force of arms keeps the natives from driving the Indians out.
It's been simmering all over the world for decades. Only a huge police presence keeps it from boiling over into "ethnic cleansing".

 

[Nico Testosteros]

If only the American Indians had a Second Amendment. Then the invading murderous thieving Euros could have been thrown back into the ocean.

 

[nathan]

The flintlock, muzzleloaders , Colt six shooters , gatling and Winchester lever actions were the tools of the trade that won the West. Bows and arrows are no match against modern guns of the time.

 

[joeschmoe]

 

[Al Thompson]

Not seeing this one as being on topic.