[OrthoPT]

oh, stop being dramatic, Nancy.

 

[DaveW]

How long before passive resistance is grounds for using a taser?

I say less than 10 years before you'll find police departments tasering every protester except for the ones in front of an abortion clinic. Hell, it's not like the Supreme Court is going to say no to that...

You must spread some reputation around before giving it to silver again.

 

[ohio]

How long before passive resistance is grounds for using a taser?

Gandhi does lose some of his magic if you picture him shouting "don't tase me, bro" in a thick Indian accent.

 

[syadasti]

Coming soon: Directed Energy Weapons

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/10/us_unveils_new.html

"Don't cook me, bro!"

And a document released under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act talks of "optimal pulse parameters to evoke peak nociceptor activation" - i.e. cause the maximum agony possible, leaving no permanent damage.

Perhaps the most alarming prospect is that such machines would make efficient torture instruments.

They are quick, clean, cheap, easy to use and, most importantly, leave no marks. What would happen if they fell into the hands of unscrupulous nations where torture is not unknown?

The agony the Raytheon gun inflicts is probably equal to anything in a torture chamber - these waves are tuned to a frequency exactly designed to stimulate the pain nerves.

I couldn't hold my finger next to the device for more than a fraction of a second. I could make the pain stop, but what if my finger had been strapped to the machine?

Dr John Wood, a biologist at UCL and an expert in the way the brain perceives pain, is horrified by the new pain weapons.

"They are so obviously useful as torture instruments," he says.

"It is ethically dubious to say they are useful for crowd control when they will obviously be used by unscrupulous people for torture."

We use the word "medieval" as shorthand for brutality. The truth is that new technology makes racks look benign.

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety

 

[MikeD]

Gandhi does lose some of his magic if you picture him shouting "don't tase me, bro" in a thick Indian accent.

Then it'd be "Do not tase me, bro!" I think he'd drop the contraction.

 

[MikeD]

"Don't cook me, bro!"

Does that have a "reverse" switch? 'Cuz that might feel pretty good.

Wasn't there a movie about that?

 

[RenegadeRick]

I would also expect police officers to not find themselves in situations where they needed to be restrained or removed from a situation.

You mean like this officer?

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/10/09/783975.html&cookieattempt=1

I guess you probably are right. This officer didn't need to be restrained or removed, he needed lead. Luckily, he realized this on his own and self-adminstered... 3 times!

 

[binary visions]

You mean like this officer?

...and how is this relevant in the slightest?

 

[RenegadeRick]

...and how is this relevant in the slightest?

I wondered about that myself, but other than to dispute Westy, it isn't relevant at all.

COPS ARE PEOPLE TOO!

HUG A COP TODAY!
(but be careful... it might be misconstrued and could end badly.)

 

[Westy]

I wondered about that myself, but other than to dispute Westy, it isn't relevant at all.

COPS ARE PEOPLE TOO!

HUG A COP TODAY!
(but be careful... it might be misconstrued and could end badly.)

I feel so disproven. Lord knows that whenever you can call up a handfull of examples it shows that it is true for all cases.

 

[RenegadeRick]

I feel so disproven. Lord knows that whenever you can call up a handfull of examples it shows that it is true for all cases.

I didn't even provide a handful, just one. Funking crappy proof if you ask me.

I didn't go looking for it or anything, it just came to me in my daily webcrawl.

Anyhow, It's really an interesting article in that it says the cop was actually shot 4 times, and 3 of them were self-inflicted. Impressive. Ain't no way a taser would work on a guy that was able to shoot himself repeatedly. Talk about power, strength and self-control.

It's a stretch at best that it has anything to do with the incident in question.

I'm sorry, Westy. Can you say something funny now?
It would really brighten my day.

 

[Westy]

I didn't even provide a handful, just one. Funking crappy proof if you ask me.

I didn't go looking for it or anything, it just came to me in my daily webcrawl.

Anyhow, It's really an interesting article in that it says the cop was actually shot 4 times, and 3 of them were self-inflicted. Impressive. Ain't no way a taser would work on a guy that was able to shoot himself repeatedly. Talk about power, strength and self-control.

It's a stretch at best that it has anything to do with the incident in question.

I'm sorry, Westy. Can you say something funny now?
It would really brighten my day.

Pogonotrophy

That is pretty funny, at least as a single word goes.

 

[RenegadeRick]

Here is something that is related:

Sorry, Bro, Tasering You Was Justified

Anyone surprised that it ends this way?

 

[Echo]

Jesus f*cking christ, every damn link I try to click today gets me the "you got pwn3ed by the firewall" screen

 

[RenegadeRick]

Jesus f*cking christ, every damn link I try to click today gets me the "you got pwn3ed by the firewall" screen

AOL news is a dangerous and subversive media outlet. You should thank your employer for protecting your freedom.