"One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers"
- Mark Thomas
About this Quote
This quote by Mark Thomas is a funny way of highlighting the absurdity of the cops reaction to a demonstration in London in 2001. The protest included a group of people tossing frisbees at police officers, which resulted in the cops deploying 3,000 officers to the scene. Thomas is indicating that the authorities reaction was an overreaction and that it would take an extraordinary amount of magic mushrooms for a sane person to believe that a frisbee could be an authentic danger to 3,000 policemans. He is utilizing this quote to draw attention to the reality that the cops reaction was out of proportion and unneeded. This quote is a funny method of highlighting the absurdity of the scenario and the requirement for authorities to utilize better suited strategies when dealing with demonstrations.
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