******** Christmas, give me Santarchy

Revolt · Dec 18, 2005

Nice idea:

Santarchy, he said, was a worldwide phenomenon designed to dismantle the commercialisation of Christmas.
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However, some kinks still need to be worked out:

Senior Sergeant Matt Rogers said the men were more like clowns than Santas.
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Here's what happened:

[A] group of 40 men - mostly in their mid-20s and dressed in ill-fitting Santa costumes - began their "Santarchy" shortly after 2pm. First stop was the Victoria St motorway overbridge where they smashed beer bottles and urinated.

They moved through Victoria Park kicking over rubbish bins, throwing bottles at cars and leaping in front of vehicles. One also tagged the Victoria St NZ Post building. Then they headed to the Sky City Casino where several vandalised the giant Christmas tree in the foyer.

Some made their way to the Victoria St Star Mart where they took several items from the shelves. Then it was through Queen St, High St and down to Britomart where security guards said they were yelling, swearing and "causing mayhem".
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10360490

Peretz48 · Dec 18, 2005

Revolt said:

Nice idea:

However, some kinks still need to be worked out:

Here's what happened:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10360490
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Are you sure it wasn't Johnny Knoxville and his boys shooting Jackass II ?

YankHibee · Dec 18, 2005

Sounds like a merry time.

tcmahoney · Dec 18, 2005

I think the term I'm looking for here is "asshat."

Seriously, these idiots are just a bunch of thugs. They make me want Christmas to be more commercial.

Working a day in a soup kitchen would have been more productive, but then they wouldn't have gotten to go smash stuff and delude themselves that they're being noble about it.