Tuba players never in riots

[lowpitchmoravian]

In the history of man, Tuba players have never been reported by the social media as participating in a riot !!

[Three Valves]

So let's find an excuse to start one!!

[Mark]

So let's find an excuse to start one!!

Given the current meltdown of society in the United States. Let's not.

[lowpitchmoravian]

Maybe us Tuba PLAYERS ARE LIKE THE TITANIC oRCHESTRA -----PLAY CALMLY WHILE ALL FALLS DOWN AROUND US??????????

[Dan Schultz]

Fine. I think I'll go outside and throw a brick through my car windshield right now! Then.... I think I'll go across the street and demonstrate in front of the Dollar General Store that I depend almost daily.

Then.... then.... maybe I'll just get REALLY mad and put the 48K out in the driveway and run over it! That'll show 'em!

[Dan Schultz]

Reality. My wife was born in Baltimore. Her mother left Baltimore along with she and her sister around 1953. At that time she and her sister attended the Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic School at 3500 Belair Road. They lived in a row house on Elmore Avenue... and street that ran for only four blocks east of Belair about a 1/2 mile southwest of the church/school. We visited the area about five years ago and took a walk through the old neighborhood... which was a 'working class' neighborhood when she was a child. That's just east of Clifton Park. We were approached by a middle-aged lady who gave us advice to be 'outta there' before dark. We took her advice and as we were leaving, the police started turning on large lights like are used for highway construction. Apparently there was LOTS of trouble in the old neighborhood.

There is a CVS Pharmacy in that neighborhood these days. I don't know if it was the one I saw burning on CNN but it could well have been.

It's a sad state of affairs when good childhood memories are dashed by today's society.

[bort]

Different CVS, but you're right... it could have easily been that one instead.

I know that neighborhood, it's not great, but at least it's inhabited. The city is currently making progress to demolishing more of the thousands of vacant rowhouses. The funny thing is that 1/2 mile in any direction and it's better, worse, and the same. Baltimore is very much a block-by-block city. No, you wouldn't want to hang around there at night, but there's also no reason to really be there.

[tofu]

I was a young kid during the riots in the sixties in Chicago and saw up close the devastating destruction much of which still lingers to this day -not only on the west side of town, but also in other places such as Detroit. I remember thinking back then as a kid how would burning down your own neighborhood help you personally. I find it hard to believe that looters, rock throwers and fire bombers are some how victims looking to create positive change. They look more like serious criminals being opportunistic and largely getting away with it. The news commentators have been trying to spin it as HS students just trying to be heard.

[Tom]

I find it hard to believe that looters, rock throwers and fire bombers are some how victims looking to create positive change. They look more like serious criminals being opportunistic and largely getting away with it. .

I don't get the looting, vandalism and firebombing either. That's not "demonstrating" or "protesting" and is no way to bring about, like you said, positive change.

The correlation between "that makes me really angry..." and "...so I'm going to throw bricks through the window of the drug store, take what I want, and set the rest on fire!" just isn't there for me. It makes no sense. Criminals being opportunistic, to me. Those that are looting and firebombing seem to be hiding behind a death/shooting/beating/decision-they-don't-like as the excuse for their actions. Ridiculous. If you're angry and want to tear up your own stuff, fine, but what is being accomplished by looting and starting fires?!?

[Heavy_Metal]

Different CVS, but you're right... it could have easily been that one instead.

Wayyyy on the other side of town.

National Guard is in place, we'll see what happens. My company is working a job not far from there.

[Donn]

I played sousaphone in the 1999 WTO protest in Seattle. Doesn't really count since I wasn't present at any actual rioting, but the event did include a little of that, and we could smell the CS gas or whatever they were using on our clothes when we got home.

They still remember us, I see from reporting on the current secret "Trans Pacific Partnership" deal.

[windshieldbug]

The reason you don't see tuba players in riots is the same reason you can't find trombone players... We're all too busy delivering the pizzas!

[oldbandnerd]

Maybe we should got to the homes of the rioters and destroy all of their property and riot against them .Lets just see how they like that !

[lowpitchmoravian]

DP-----didn't Al Sharpton play Sax in James Brown's Band -----Seem to remember story on that when J Brown died???????--Big Al was there bragging .

[Dan Schultz]

DP-----didn't Al Sharpton play Sax in James Brown's Band -----Seem to remember story on that when J Brown died???????--Big Al was there bragging .

Don't know about him playing the sax but every day he sure looks more like ET ... The Extra Terrestrial.

[Three Valves]

I find it hard to believe that looters, rock throwers and fire bombers are some how victims looking to create positive change. They look more like serious criminals being opportunistic and largely getting away with it. The news commentators have been trying to spin it as HS students just trying to be heard.

Yoots??

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[lowpitchmoravian]

I played sousaphone in the 1999 WTO protest in Seattle. Doesn't really count since I wasn't present at any actual rioting, but the event did include a little of that, and we could smell the CS gas or whatever they were using on our clothes when we got home.

They still remember us, I see from reporting on the current secret "Trans Pacific Partnership" deal.

Like in past wars , like civil war, Tuba players would normally be allowed to work in field hospitals at riot sight or as medical coremen,

[The Big Ben]

DP-----didn't Al Sharpton play Sax in James Brown's Band -----Seem to remember story on that when J Brown died???????--Big Al was there bragging .

No. Sharpton began hanging out with Mr. Brown when he was about 16 years old. Mr. Brown gave him jobs to do. Sharpton's father was not on the scene and Mr. Brown became a surrogate father. This would have been in the early '70s before Mr. Brown went on his PCP fueled adventures. Sharpton was with Mr. Brown until the end and drove his casket from Atlanta to NYC for the viewing at the Apollo and then back to Atlanta.