today there is more guns in u.s. today than citizens,i guess a lot of people had guns back then as well,as it is specifically permitted by law for quite a while now, like 240 years right?.
Btw,you might not have noticed, it was 1969,and he was in fact black,does hat ring a bell? rings a choir of bells to me.
And yes, he definetely was not the guy that would have enjoyed keeping a low-profile. So there is lots of room for speculation,especially since in contrast to some of the previous threads I find it very hard to judge the incident by what you see in the film "gimme shelter". At least I couldnt tell wether he was pointing the gun towards any people on stage and neither could I recognize the cascade of events, or in other words who did what when? We dont even know if it was loaded do we?
I didnt hear a shot,was there one? If he was really going to shoot in the 1st place for whatever reason, i suppose he would have done so by the time he got stabbed the 1st time.
I could definetely NOT support the opinion that he was going to assasin mick.That is completely hypothetical, and none of us know how credible any witnesses or reports about them are, and i doubt that anybody was told by meredith himself that he was going to shoot mick.That suggestion sounds biased to me,it sounds untrue tbh.
Finally I have to say that even though it may sound insensitive 4 deaths is not such a bad number considering there were 300.000 people at the festival.
And lets not forget the 4 births, what a coincidence.
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cocreate
16 years ago
The Hell's Angels were "hired" on the advice of Jerry Garcia, whom the Stones considered more knowledgeable than themselves about how to deal the problems they were likely to present at a big show. The consensus was, the Angels were going to show up no matter what you did; your best bet was to try to get them on your side and to therefore exercise some kind of control over them, or to make them believe they had control over something, in hopes that they would then show everybody they could act righteous when it good and well suited them. An imperfect solution which obviously didn't work. But, without the benefit of the hindsight that we all now have, can anybody honestly say they could've come up with a better plan, under the circumstances? Hiring a bunch of cops just ensures that there's going to be a massive bloodbath between them and the Angels, with probably untold numbers of people getting caught in the middle of it. Where I think they made the critical mistake is paying the Angels with BEER. For cripes sake, they could afford to pay cash. Sure, the Angels were going to be drinking, but why encourage it? Why not make it harder instead of easier; why not give them serious cash and send a message that you see them as professionals and expect the job to be done well? Might not have changed a thing, but if less alcohol had been consumed by the Angels that night, the outcome might have been a little different, and a just a little might have saved a life.
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Mat-37
15 years ago
"Where I think they made the critical mistake is paying the Angels with BEER. For cripes sake, they could afford to pay cash. Sure, the Angels were going to be drinking, but why encourage it? Why not make it harder instead of easier?"
Because the Angels would have come to their backstage and drank their beers.
I think the whole truth is that the Stones didn't give a sh*t about the people. The Angels were hired to provide security for their gear.
- A point in every direction is the same as no point at all.
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