Tottenham - what gives?

From: JonCooper10 Aug 2011 12:50
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 234 of 298
From: milko10 Aug 2011 12:52
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 235 of 298
I was reading about water cannons yesterday, apparently their pressure is so high they pretty much blinded a guy in Germany recently, and they've been known to break bones. People in Northern Ireland were saying they were the best riot-breakers they'd seen in action. I guess the reality must be a bit more impressive than the hosepipes I imagined!
From: JonCooper10 Aug 2011 12:52
To: Manthorp 236 of 298
I saw that too - police bears... interesting idea

I don't know who the government think they are "fighting back" against - they don't seem to realise these people are part of their own population
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)10 Aug 2011 12:57
To: milko 237 of 298
Must be, I imagined the same thing!

Thanks Jon - I'll give that a read.
From: koswix10 Aug 2011 12:59
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 238 of 298
Me too :Y
From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)10 Aug 2011 13:01
To: milko 239 of 298
There was someone on TV earlier saying they're not really going to be suitable with what's happening. They're not very mobile and you have to manoeuvre them into position to use them. They're good in N.I. where a protest tends to happen in one place but not much use on a mobile mob.

(No idea whether this dude was speaking from authority but it sounds kinda plausible)
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)10 Aug 2011 13:02
To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) 240 of 298
I love this one. Drew this would /kill/ you if it happened! The phone part that is.

quote:
96. itsbombie
COMMENT NUMBER 96 IS AN EDITORS' PICK
1 HOUR AGO
They should be rounded up, phones should be confiscated from every person there. They should then have to go through an application process to retrieve their phones, in doing so identifying themselves, and then given an opportunity to give their reason for being there. In proven criminality cases, they should incurr a temporary or even permanent ban from obtaining mobile phone/internet account.
EDITED: 10 Aug 2011 13:02 by SHIELDSIT
From: milko10 Aug 2011 13:03
To: ALL241 of 298
Here is a pretty gruesome picture (don't click it if you're sqeamish) of what happened to the guy in Germany
http://thethirdestate.net/2010/12/the-truth-about-water-cannons/


Theresa May has apparently authorised the use of these things now, according to the article in that linked.
From: JonCooper10 Aug 2011 13:04
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 242 of 298
I wondered what they would do with all the unclaimed phones
From: milko10 Aug 2011 13:04
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 243 of 298
haha. Why would any of them bother getting their phone back? They're only going to go get pay-as-you-go ones, probably by more looting!
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)10 Aug 2011 13:05
To: ALL244 of 298
That's what I thought. Who would be dumb enough to go back for the phone?
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)10 Aug 2011 13:06
To: milko 245 of 298
That's nasty.
From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)10 Aug 2011 13:07
To: JonCooper 246 of 298
That's classic Have Your Say, that is. Especially the "Yes! I'm serious!", which can be translated as "I appreciate my ideas are hugely impractical and morally untenable, but can you imagine if they weren't? The erection I obtained just thinking about it is actually starting to hurt."
EDITED: 10 Aug 2011 13:07 by WINGNUTKJ
From: koswix10 Aug 2011 13:09
To: milko 247 of 298

The trouble with water canons, according to the EXPERT they had on the BBC earlier, is that when they run out of water, they have to be refilled.

 

I'm really glad that they had an EXPERT on to explain that really complex concept for me.

From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)10 Aug 2011 13:10
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 248 of 298
HAHA that made me spit a bit of coffee!
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)10 Aug 2011 13:11
To: ALL249 of 298
OK, other than the entertainment I am getting from reading about the riots I'm starting to get mad. So here's what we will do.

1. Take up a collection for me a plane ticket.
2. Meet me at the airport and I'll pass out weapons
3. Pretend we are playing LFD and stop this nonsense.
From: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ)10 Aug 2011 13:11
To: Ken (SHIELDSIT) 250 of 298
Spit coffee? You have the wierdest erections...
From: Ken (SHIELDSIT)10 Aug 2011 13:13
To: Kenny J (WINGNUTKJ) 251 of 298
No you are thinking of something else.

I call that nut fudge.
From: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)10 Aug 2011 13:18
To: koswix 252 of 298
Either that, or they can't be used far from the nearest tap.
From: koswix10 Aug 2011 13:19
To: 99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD) 253 of 298
I'm not sure how that would work. You don't happen to have an EXPERT on hand to explain it to me, do you?