^^^Agreed. Hopefully this will be a lesson to future Cups all over. Don't let greedy companies plan their security and promoters shouldn't bow to the wishes of these company's promotion departments. You gonna give shit away like that, organize it, not treat it like a UNICEF grain handout in Ethiopia. Gonna put on a show? Get a stage. This shit could have been much worse. Mob mentality is a natural phenomenon. You get normal people that will start doing some weird shit in a crowd, including going with the flow. They better learn this shit before the 201* L.A. Cannabis Cup where it probably won't end so peacefully. Well that's my .02.
I know, right?
Greedy bastards have the nerve to GIVE AWAY a crapload of free stuff not even two months after they spent god-knows how much money bringing gifts and Christmas dinner to over a thousand less fortunate people. I can't stand greedy bastards like that.
I'm sure each and every one of us has not only done more charity in the last year but we've never made any mistakes at all so we're perfectly qualified to start throwing rocks at AN. In fact, let's just line them up and shoot the greedy bastards.
Seriously though, I think those of us in the U.S. should stop and think exactly what it means that this kind of mistake would go two completely different directions at Spannabis compared to the LA Cannabis Cup. Does that say anything at all about the company or everything about the attendees.
Look at this video. The crowd was pushing. Not much, but everyone pushing just a little bit creates way more force than security could hold back. What do the people in the booth do? Step back and just let the crowd have the stuff. No need to argue. No need to get defensive. And no one gets hurt. No one gets pushed down. The crowd is not exactly a picture of manners, but for a mob they're damn polite.
How many punches would get thrown in LA, exact same situation? Members of the crowd would be fighting over who touched which box first, or simply that "I'm stronger than you so what's yours is mine" and crap like that.
It's got nothing to do with the company and even less to do with trumped-up charges of "greed" at a give-away. It has everything to do with culture. Spain's is apparently more civilized. That's not something to swell up our chests and and puff out words like "I'd like to see them try that in L.A. We'd riot!" That's nothing to be proud of.
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