h a l f b a k e r yContrary to popular belief
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During periods of unrest, the police where I live use heavily armoured Landrovers to push back rioting mobs.
This seems to greatly enrage some of the mostly brainless miscreants, who can be seen pounding on the vehicles with all manner of objects and instruments, including staves of wood; iron bars;
concrete blocks and even golf clubs.
If the Landrovers had an extra skin of springy padding, bashing on them would have the net effect of causing the attacker to risk receive a reciprocal blow, as their offending instrument simply bounced off vigorously in the return direction. Adding a complementary device that simultaneously released a cartoon boinging type sound, would add to the stupefaction of the effect.
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I think I would use my 3 wood for a Landrover. |
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Does this dangerous war-torn land (I'm guessing Detroit)
have lawyers? Because I'll bet Gloria Allred would gnaw off
her left leg above the knee to 'defend' a rioter whose
crowbar rebounded from an elasticated police vehicle and
became impaled in their own forehead. |
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I think a lawsuit could only brought if the rioter
could not reasonably have foreseen the rebound. |
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To ensure this, the rubberized rovers should be
liberally decorated with clown motifs. If possible,
they should have elliptical wheels and make
comedy "honk honk" noises. This would annoy
rioters no end. |
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As a bonus, force sensors could be placed under
the rubber. When a blow is landed, a column of
candy-pink lights could be illuminated to reflect
the rioter's score. |
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If some way could be found to dispense goldfish in
polythene bags, victory would be assured. It is
very difficult to riot whilst guarding a bagged
goldfish. |
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//I'm guessing Detroit// - ha - pussy-ville compared to my home town. Our rioters use petrol as mouthwash instead of listerine. |
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So do most most of my fellow hillbillies; siphoning is the
new sheep-stealing, after all. What will really impress me
is if your rioters use Listerine in their Molotov cocktails. |
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Oddly, British soldiers in the Sudan during WWII used
to rinse their mouths with petrol to stave off gum
disease. |
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I would think that something akin to explosive reactive armour would be much more effective. |
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[21] - I don't disagree. It depends on whether your mission is to deter "rioters" from destroying property and hurting people, or if your mission is to mollycoddle people and make out like rioting is okay. |
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Peaceful protesting - exercising democratic and fundamental human rights. |
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Rioting - using political or civil conflict as an excuse for abandoning lawful and moral behaviour, regressing to crude thuggery. In my opinion, police response should be defensive only - cordon off area, but shoot dead anyone who attacks police officers or uninvolved civilians, and restrain/encarcerate anyone wantonly destroying public or private property. |
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This lawyer you speak of may have some success in the courtroom but if it's as you describe, that speaks more about twisted legal systems than it does about appropriate use of force. |
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You've pegged [xenzag]? Well, that ought to take his
mind off troublemaking for a while. |
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I gave all that up when one of the bricks I had thrown had a hole in it, which prior to impacting the intended target, was invaded during its parabolic trajectory by a homeless bee. |
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...Not that there's anything wrong with that... |
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