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Thanks. It seemed to me counterintuitive to respond to protests about inadequate services by cutting off another service (fanning the flames)



Yes, there's another comment here somewhere that points to a study where showing violence tends to increase post-shutdown compared to leaving communications open. I suppose leaving things open lets people organize more, but they tend to be more peaceful in those gatherings. Just supposition though.




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