mm. The presence or absence of weapons is highly material. On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not sure who was breaking windows the other day but when I speak of > anarchists, I'm talking about self-perclaimed, screw-heads who are looking > for trouble. When you see them you know who they are. Masked, throwing > things, confronting the police, basically doing the things that real > demonstrators shake their heads at (or should). > > There was a link early on in this thread where one of the raids netted a > number of things that included Wrist Rockets, knived, caltrops, buckets of > urine, etc. There were more items mentioned, but some/most of them 'might' > be common to a home. Demonstrators, at least legitimately peaceful ones, > don't need weapons. > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I heard about the "anarchists" who were breaking windows. I put that >> in quotes as I am not sure that the self-description is accurate. >> >> Are these the same people? The stories I am seeing don't say anything >> about pipe bombs or even any plans to break windows. >> >> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Michael Dinowitz >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Demonstration? Sure. Civil disobedience (sit ins, etc.)? sure. Property >> > damage, weapons, attempted harm of others, etc. No way. >> > Code pink in all its fuzzy bunny-ness isn't out to hurt anyone. >> Anarchists >> > are out to cause damage. Pipe bombs, caltrops, etc. are not >> demonstrations. >> > A peaceful demonstration has all of the effect of a media campaign and >> there >> > are more than enough of those around. >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> wait a minute are you guys really in favor of detaining people *in >> >> case* they demonstrate? I saw in the news that there was some >> >> window-breaking yesterday and I am not advocating for that... but if >> >> these were people planning to hold peaceful demonstrations in a public >> >> place, then what the HELL? >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >
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