[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] komark [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Maxwell_Murder [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Pixi Chix Exactly. It's called prevention. On one hand the situation could escalate to the point where people can get hurt or killed. On the other hand, it may not. Now faced with those two outcome possibilities I'd err on the side of caution. I would take the steps necessary to prevent a dangerous situation over crossing my fingers and hoping for the best. [/quote] Where do you draw the line at prevention, though? Can a cop just pull you over and give you a ticket since he thought you were going to speed? or run a stoplight? No. Why is this any different? The protesters gave no indication of escalating the situation at the time of the pepper spraying.[/quote]Except for holding the cops hostage, shouting demands at the cops.... [/quote] If you read any of my other posts, you would see that I said that if there were a time to pepper spray them, it was at that time, not when they were sitting on the ground peacefully. I'm definitely a broken record now. [quote] hmmm, these protesters are sounding an awful lot like Al Quaeda [/quote] You're high. How is protesting anything like a terrorist organization responsible for thousands of deaths of innocent people?