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Protest or Riot? Sliding Scale

"Protests Turn Destructive": Woman carries whole cheesecake from
looted Cheesecake Factory during protest.


Protest or Riot? Sliding Scale

Protest - Peaceful Assembly

Unlawful Assembly - (as determined by police on the scene)

Riot - when things really get cooking

Uprising - sustained over time

Revolt - with a definite purpose, songs written for it

Revolution - everyone gets new hats!



Where on this scale does a woman taking a whole cheesecake from a looted Cheesecake Factory restaurant fit?  That's probably Uprising.  It looks like she also took a little container of milk, so it might be a Revolt.  If she writes a protest song about it, it is for sure a Revolution.  If she took a whole Chocolate Turtle Cheesecake, she is the Leader of the Revolution.