do you really mean that? you'd just shrug and say 'fair deal', if you were protesting something you were willing to risk arrest for and were 'dispersed' with tear gas?
you'd just shrug and say 'fair deal', if you were protesting something you were willing to risk arrest for and were 'dispersed' with tear gas?
Yes. Been there, done that.
Tear gas is not dangerous - in fact, if you've remembered to bring powdered aluminium or lemons, it's not worse than a moderate inconvenience. And it's part of the game. You obstruct traffic or protect graffiti artists, you get tear gas. You don't do civil disobedience if you're not prepared to accept the moderate inconvenience of tear gas, a peaceful arrest and a night in the detention.
What you're not supposed to get is a beatdown or a dose of pepper spray. Or tazers, or water cannons. Or a beating in the paddy-waggon. But tear gas and a sleepover downtown are par for the course for civil disobedience.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
