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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luke87GT: [QB] This has grown to be a significant enough problem in the city of Oakland where top officials are now looking seriously into realistic alternatives, which is very interesting to me from a political/cultural perspective. On one hand I view this as an alternative to the sydeshow which may be relatively safer and reduce the rate of lives being lost. It will also remove the aspect of having to "run" from authorities. In addition I expect that it would reduce (but not completely eliminate) the sydeshow activity that occurs on public streets, major intersections, and residential neighborhoods in Oakland and surrounding areas. On the other hand, I see this as taking a dangerous, unpredictable, and often violent event, and moving it to another location where much of the same will go on. The problem with the sydeshow is that it attracts a lot of irresponsible people. There will be alcohol, there will be lots of energy, there will be conflicts in the crowds eventually, and people will still continue to get hurt given the nature of the event. In addition, I have a problem seeing how this event will be funded, insured, set up, etc, given how enormous the liabilities are. I would bet that if Oakland legalized the sydeshow in a place like the Oakland Coli parking lot for example, within a short period of time we would have our first fatality (whether it be vehicular, gun violence, etc), and we would be back where we started. Regardless of this, the issue presented here along with the proposed solution is unique enough that I will be watching closely. Also, I'm chuckling to myself thinking about how the rest of the world will perceive Oakland if it goes through with this, lol. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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