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truedelphi

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10. You might want to rent the excellent documentary, "Battle for Seattle"

Reply to PlanetaryOrbit (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 10, 2013, 07:38 PM

Sep 2013

And then consider if this stuff is a killer. Although the docudrama is not correct in every event it portrays, it gives a good overall compendium of the experiences people have when they go out and protest..

Scott Olsen probably does not share your sanguine view of this toxic stuff either. The cannister containing the tear gas clipped him very hard in the head, and he almost died. (The Oalkand Calif. police were responsible for that attack.) His being attacked was without provocation. He had just finished out a tour of duty. Ironic that he would be injured in what would have been his peaceful protest if not for the police.

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Our militarized police force uses chemical weapons all the time ... [View all] Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 OP

Answer to your question: truedelphi Sep 2013 #1

That ain't going to happen anytime soon. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #3

And the citizenry not to mention corporations use it against each other all the time too. Sheepshank Sep 2013 #2

Umm, pepper spray and tear gas don't kill people. PlanetaryOrbit Sep 2013 #4

Um, yes they do, and yes they have. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #6

Like the chemical weapons in Syria? PlanetaryOrbit Sep 2013 #9

Tear gas is prohibited for use on the battlefield, just as sarin is MNBrewer Sep 2013 #26

only is the person Niceguy1 Sep 2013 #11

Thanks for the word salad HangOnKids Sep 2013 #29

sleep deprivation Niceguy1 Sep 2013 #32

You might want to rent the excellent documentary, "Battle for Seattle" truedelphi Sep 2013 #10

Good Point...where's that Policeman with his Pepper Spray on OWS! KoKo Sep 2013 #5

Back in the eighties, it was a maintream newstory that the Russians were truedelphi Sep 2013 #15

Yes...this is sick and there are Sound Blasters and Tasers (that can kill) plus KoKo Sep 2013 #20

Wow, I didn't realize that. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #22

Yeah no kidding gopiscrap Sep 2013 #7

seriously? comparing tear gas to sarin is moronic. cali Sep 2013 #8

Except when you are shot at with a tear gas canister at point blank range... Earth_First Sep 2013 #12

I am by no means defending out of control police forces cali Sep 2013 #13

They are all weapons, though, used against "The People." KoKo Sep 2013 #24

I'm not making a direct comparison. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #14

Right... EX500rider Sep 2013 #16

I'm not talking about one incident. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #18

Why, does the US have a lot of dead protesters from gas? n/t EX500rider Sep 2013 #25

No, and I'm not certain of numbers ... Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #28

Yeah...remember when the cops used Sarin gas on Occupy??? No? Me neither. nt msanthrope Sep 2013 #17

See post #14 Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #19

Domestic use of chemical weapons against civilians is tolerable, if done by democratic regimes MNBrewer Sep 2013 #21

Yes, I forgot. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2013 #23

That was one good response. truedelphi Sep 2013 #30

Tear gas is to real chemical weapons.... EX500rider Sep 2013 #27

The pea shooter is banned, IF used on the battlefield MNBrewer Sep 2013 #31