You have to be a special idiot to force people leave the city or stay at home for the entire week if they don't want to participate in this madness or simply wanna stay safe!
Bars for example. Nobody forces them to engage in this madness and put barrels with water at their bars. But they seem to like to lose a week's profit.
When people get soaked in water, they don't go into restaurants, bars or clubs. And many avoid going out altogether! Either way, businesses lose a lot of money.
How is it possible to be so stupid and not understand this?