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Thread #33466   Message #446465
Posted By: SeanM
22-Apr-01 - 01:54 AM
Thread Name: Quebec City Protest of Free Trade.
Subject: RE: Quebec City Protest of Free Trade.
I've always thought of tear-gas as the true 'riot gas'. Once the police fire it, no matter how peaceful things were before, you've got a riot.

One thing that worries me - these are NOT seasoned troops who are trained in minimal force dispersal. I'm basing that partially off the media, partially off of their technique; the troops are low-arcing the teargas, which lets the targets pick up the unexploded canisters and return them to sender. If these people are that inexperienced, I truly worry that someone will panick and start using live ammo...

Good luck to those who have actually thought about their message and wish to make a point. For those only there to cause trouble, I hope they rot in the cells...

"But does is profit him, the right to be born, if he suffers the loss of liberty. Laws were made for people and the law can never scorn the right of a man to be free. We are the people and we shall overcome."

M