SirDennis wrote:vison wrote:Ghân-buri-Ghân wrote:
vison, I am
certain it was unintentional, but I wonder whether you noticed how unfortunate the juxtaposition of your response is to SirDennis's preceding posting?
Black eyes all round, huh?
I didn't notice.
I won't change it, though.
Well...
Doing so would suggest that you were sorry for a juxtaposition that hadn't happened yet. Reminds me of Minority Report.
I like the allusion, but unfortunately, it doesn't quite fit here. vison's comment followed yours, so the juxtaposition
had happened. Unless I am engaged in backward reading...
SirDennis wrote:As for aiming for the eye: some claim (in the podcast I linked to for instance) doing so is with intent to kill. The bullets, though rubber, at a certain range can penetrate the orbital bone and enter the victim's brain. Blindness and a black eye are the bare minimum that landing a shot can deliver.
I am not aware of any reports that police in NA deliberately aim for the eyes of protesters. Though that canister shot to the veteran's face, and the canister lob that followed obviously were aimed to inflict injury. (Imagine going off to war, believing you were fighting for Western values and freedoms, and survived your tour of duty. Back home you are then shot in the face by an agent of the state, while exercising those freedoms.)
Although I am forced to admit that I find Naomi Wolf slightly irritating (partially because I once confused her with Naomi Klein, a commentator/activist of pretty impeccable credentials... and Canadian (vison
)), I found
this article in the Guardian quite persuasive, and most of all, disturbing. For years Alex Jones has been a bit of a guilty pleasure, and I freely admit that watching his productions was almost wholly for the entertainment value. Such hyperbole was obviously ridiculous. The shock is that it doesn't feel quite so ridiculous now. :|