>>Besides, the best (and probably the only) way to make protests unattractive to the greater populace is to plant agents provocateurs (and provocators as well) who will start smashing shop windows. That was the favorite tactic of Milošević back in the day. The organizers of the protests had to have their own security to prevent these, and when they caught the guys, they often found police walkies in their pockets. The symptom for you to catch is how come the cameras are so frequently around the looters. A protest may run for hours, and the breaking of the windows may occur at a random time... and yet the cameras of the major stations are always there, even when they don't catch other main events.
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>Mostly the 'cameras' are in cell phones belonging to people who are in the area. These days an awful lot of the TV stuff is donated by ordinary citizens. I think you and I disagree on one very critical idea. It is my opinion that not everything is a government conspiracy.

Did I say government?