a question to anyone that has been to a BAD protest (silent gaurdian)

has anyone seen one of these yet?





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so i hear from sources that its been seen at protests in the US

anyone conferm??

 

I've never seen one of those.. but I think that that is a lot better than shooting anyone, guilty or innocent (not talking about protests though... no one should get shot with anything at a peaceful protest)

 

Um, wtf? I've never seen one of those before, thank god(dess). They look intimidating, and sound very unpleasant... They're not dangerous, huh? Well, that's what they said about tasers, which have actually killed people. Not to mention the fact that they've been completely misused by police officers. So I don't think I'd want to trust the police with that, especially not at a peaceful protest. It is definitely better than shooting people, but you shouldn't have to worry about that at a protest...

 

I don't care what outlandish reasoning they have for this. I don't want to hear it. This is a bunch of fucked up bullshit. The government should not have this kind of power. Control is not what we founded this government to be. They are here to protect, not punish and control and this is a gross abuse of its power. Whoever came up with this can rot in hell on a stick, be gelded with a chainsaw, and eat shit.

 

Why do the authorities, instead of answering or questions and reasoning their immoral injustices, simply hide behind their authority and silence the questioners?
The government is fragile on the inside, it is a marshmallow with a titanium shell.

 

Because if they allowed that, they'd be proven wrong. and we can't have that, can we? free speech is illegal, pretty soon free thought too!

 

OK, its a high tech billy club. What's the uproar? New technique, old technique. To the OP, did it hurt more or less than being clubbed with a baton?

What would the modern SDS do with a liberated one of these?

 

how about NOT being violent???

 

That is probably the biggest change between Chicago and Seattle. In Seattle, the protesters practiced the non-violence they preached.

But there must be a non-violent use for this Buck Rogers crowd control cannon.