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The world really friggin scares me

Posted 05-16-2010 at 03:30 PM by T-nex
Be careful when you get involved in a protest. The fucking American police may actually blast your ears off!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/us...urgh.html?_r=1




There is no freedom of speech.

Seriously.. If you ever see a police van, with a weird sound device on top, you run.
Sound weapons can cause so much pain that they can incapacitate you. But they can also cause permanent damage to either your ears or body.

If you get at least 90 yard away from the van, I believe you shouldn't be in grave danger... Also bring ear plugs and such to counter sonic weapons.

Sonic weapons are a fucking military weapon. They have no place with normal citizens.
I really fear that the future will bring some really bad, where we're in constant fear of expressing myself.


I may also be overreacting, but I'm really friggin scared.
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Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
Who knew dirty hippy protesters even cleaned their ears?

Ear wax: natures ear plugs.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 03:44 PM by Disgruntled Intern

T-nex's Avatar
There's a point...
Posted 05-16-2010 at 03:51 PM by T-nex

I'm relatively certain that (good) police never start bringing out weaponry, lethal or not, until protesters start getting violent.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 04:15 PM by Nemo

abe619's Avatar
well i hope this fear turns into hapiness.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 04:44 PM by abe619

T-nex's Avatar
I will forever remain unhappy.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 05:02 PM by T-nex

Sekto Springs's Avatar
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I'm relatively certain that (good) police never start bringing out weaponry, lethal or not, until protesters start getting violent.
Cops in the US have a long history of using excessive unnecessary force. They've certainly taken a creative turn with this unwelcome change from the usual batons, tasers, and tear gas.
I think it was just last year that a local cop got in hot water for shooting a kid dead on St. Patrick's Day because he was behaving belligerently while drunk.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 06:12 PM by Sekto Springs

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
In seattle a couple of weeks ago someone video taped the boys in blue literally stomping on some mexican guy while he was laying on the ground. Motionless. One said, 'I'm going to stomp the mexican piss right out of you!'

I lol'd. What other kind of piss would he have?

Crazy thing is that something like 12 seattle cops have been murdered in the past year. So they're kinda twitchy now.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 06:53 PM by Disgruntled Intern

Nate's Avatar
Better a sound cannon than bullets. I support any form of non-lethal force as long as it's properly regulated.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 07:17 PM by Nate

T-nex's Avatar
Even if they affect innocent people? I really think its standpoints like these that damage us, if people allow innocents to get hurt in order to keep.. order.

These sound cannons aren't really that innocent. They can permanently damage your hearing, and some of the more advanced ones can do worse than that.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 07:30 PM by T-nex
Updated 05-16-2010 at 07:33 PM by T-nex

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
You're aware that guns can damage a persons hearing as well, right? Stun guns and the like can cause nerve damage, pepper spray can cause a whole series of respiratory problems, etc. There really is no peaceful solution.

One bad apple and all that.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 07:39 PM by Disgruntled Intern

Daxter King's Avatar
Id much rather they use the van to run them over, the sound cannon attachment seems unnecessary.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 08:23 PM by Daxter King

Sekto Springs's Avatar
The sound cannon actually seems like the least violent way to disperse unwanted protesters. Better than police dogs and pressure hoses.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 08:33 PM by Sekto Springs

Havoc's Avatar
You know, driving apart protestors is not done because you can't express your opinion, but because some of those fuckwits tend to get violent in expressing that opinion. When one gets violent, two get violent and before you know it you have a riot.

This is a pretty good solution. It won't damage your hearing at all if you just get the hell out of there like you're supposed to. If you hang around, climb on the van and plant your ear on the speaker then well... yeah you'll be bleeding out every orifice.

BTW, protesters at the G20 summit are among the biggest idiots out there. 99% of the time they are fine with pointing out everything they are doing wrong but when you ask anyone of them how they would change it you get bullshit answers.
Posted 05-16-2010 at 10:53 PM by Havoc
Updated 05-16-2010 at 10:56 PM by Havoc

used:)'s Avatar
Yeah. G20 was a load of horse shit. I didn't see the police using any force like that on the Tibettan protestors.
Posted 05-17-2010 at 06:13 PM by used:)

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
Posted 05-17-2010 at 10:22 PM by Disgruntled Intern

 

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