On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 09:01:56AM -0800, Tim May wrote: > On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 08:42 AM, Ed Norton wrote: > > >I haven't seen anyone mention this here, and wonder if it's being > >reported out there "West of the Hudson"... > > > >Apparently, a large traffic-stopping protest here in NYC was performed > >using a method I hadn't heard of before. Basically, the demonstrators > >handcuffed themselves together, but inside large PVC tubing in which > >their arms were encased. So in order to clear out the demonstrators, > >cops pretty much have to cart off a tied-together mass of 100 > >demonstrators, without any real hope of breaking them apart in any > >short amount of time. > > Those who handcuff themselves to gates, to trees, inside PVC pipes, > whatever.... > > ...should simply be left that way. Their screams for water, for > release, and then eventually their dying moans, could be broadcast on > the Internet. Maybe even a video feed of one of the perps trying to > gnaw his own hand off. > > I came to this realization when a pair of demonstrators chained > themselves to a gate at a lumber company in Northern California. "You > made your bed, now you can lie in it." > Actually, they always have support people to bring them food and water. No problem. It's a fairly effective tactic.
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