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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