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Old 08-15-2006, 01:45 PM   #46
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When public confidence in the government is low, the government apparently becomes eager to validate this perception.
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Old 08-15-2006, 01:55 PM   #47
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I seem to remember a woman being seriously hurt (maybe killed), by a rubber bullet, at a CA demonstration against this current war.
This one? It was an IotD in 2003.

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Old 08-15-2006, 08:50 PM   #48
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That was the protest where they were actively obstructing a military operation, right? I remember coverage on the news talking about how this was a warning that protests would be allowed, but interference would be punished as a crime.
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Old 08-15-2006, 09:59 PM   #49
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obstructing a military operation
As clear as mud, but it covers the the ground, eh? God help you, if you jaywalk when a convoy to McDonald's is coming through. Those 50 calibers are hell on pantyhose.
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