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Maybe that's why you're not an armed policeman in Greece.
You have the right to assembly (except near the Houses of Parliament), the right to peaceful protest(unless your outside the socialist narrow views of acceptability)I could just about tolerate stone throwing... but would take the intent of throwing a Molotov cocktail as an act intended to kill, maim or disfigure me.
Justifiable use of a firearm me'thinks!
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think
Watching the riots in Greece .... if you were a armed policeman and someone threw a petrol bomb at you.
Would you shoot that person?..... I would
I'd be more worried about getting the hell away from the pool of burning petrol than standing there trying to figure out who in a crowd of several hundred ( or thousand ) protesters actually threw it.
"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.
I'd be more worried about getting the hell away from the pool of burning petrol than standing there trying to figure out who in a crowd of several hundred ( or thousand ) protesters actually threw it.
I certainly hope those idiots that threw a molatov cocktail (or similar) into that bank yesterday, killing three people inside, get the book thrown at them. I was seriously surprised that the demo continued after that.
McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic." Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."
Yes it matters. Lots of people go out to protest wanting to make their opinions known noisily but in a non violent way. Can those people really be held responsible for one idiot who uses violence?
If that were the case then everyone who goes to a football match could be held responsible for the idiots who start trouble.
And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014
You have the right to assembly (except near the Houses of Parliament), the right to peaceful protest(unless your outside the socialist narrow views of acceptability)I could just about tolerate stone throwing... but would take the intent of throwing a Molotov cocktail as an act intended to kill, maim or disfigure me.
Justifiable use of a firearm me'thinks!
What would you do to a 7 year old who pissed on you while you were taking cover from a sniper?
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