• Praise Idleness@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Because they were not forced but just happened. It wasn’t an actual organized festival. No one forced anyone anywhere. It was ultimately lack of danger awareness and preparations that honestly could’ve been better but was not something to be expected that led to this disaster…

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      1 year ago

      The problem was that it wasn’t organized. It was just the first Halloween in Itaewon since COVID and the police didn’t plan for there to be such a big turnout. The annual foreign food festival was held a few weeks before Halloween, and the district office closed down the main streets to hold it. They should’ve did the same for Halloween, but hindsight is 50/50 or whatever.