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Originally posted by Blanca Rose
Act like a human, and you won't ever see the inside of one!
Originally posted by Blanca Rose
Originally posted by LandonHell
I agree... I think this is a big deal and a perfect example of the government KNOWING it can do whatever it wants when it comes to controlling it's population.
Blehhhhh, you people, tick me off at times. If you don't do anything wrong at a large event, you don't have to worry about being in one of these cages, which is an updated version of paddy wagon's, as someone mentioned.
If you become unruly at a public event, would you prefer a limousine with a fully stocked bar?
Some people deserve to be in cages at times.
Act like a human, and you won't ever see the inside of one!
Originally posted by LandonHell
Act like a human, and you won't ever see the inside of one!
It gives the cops the go ahead to start with the gas and the arresting and anyone who doesn't understand that is fooling themselves. To say everyone who gets arrested at a protest was acting unruly is foolish at best. Therefore to say everyone who ends up in the cage at a protest deserved it, is foolish as well.
The whole thought line of "Don't do anything bad and you won't have to face the punishment" is very irresponsible and wrong and the main reason the world is in the place it is in today.
I agree we should follow the follow the law and not be savage animals in most situations, however giving the government / military / police the authority to use weapons, standards, or punishments that are too extreme is wrong. It goes back to that time tested powerful saying...
First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.
If we allow the government to have these powers when they're done using them on the "enemies" they will eventually be used on those not originally considered enemies. Just the possibility that they could should be enough to get people to see it's wrong.
Originally posted by LandonHell
reply to post by Blanca Rose
I never said that. Part of protesting is knowing that will happen.
What I am saying is that not everyone who is arrested is guilty in response to your comment about not doing anything wrong and I won't have to worry about it. That makes your argument a moot point.
My main thing is it's a big safety hazard at ANY even to have humans locked in a cage in public due to the very bad things that can happen.
edited since you finished your post explaining your belief in protest...