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a geek named Bob

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3. So use pool tubes/noodles

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 15, 2012, 05:00 PM

Sep 2012

Look, guy...

Peaceful protest doesn't give you the right to carry around things that might be used as weapons.

Some other options:
-LOTS of t-shirts
-major origami
-signs on pool noodles
-bedsheet signs

It's that, or lose your signs. You DON'T have the right to carry polearms!

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NYC cops dismantling all signs with PVC tubing. "TARU" members on scene in NYC. [View all] Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 OP

PVC makes for a nifty weaponry a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1

Yes, the Spiratualution group are getting ready to...meditate or something beneath them. Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 #2

So use pool tubes/noodles a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #3

Oh yes, look at the last year's history of brutality and violence and bloodletting involving Occupy Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 #4

Fire Walk With Me... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #5

It's called mockery (of your fallacy that Occupy is violent) and juxtaposition regarding who IS. Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 #6

I see... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #9

And you are ignoring the simple fact that while you proclaim... TreasonousBastard Sep 2012 #10

Don't engage with the trolls. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #18

The freaking thought never entered my mind. However, lots of Occupy critics who ignore Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 #21

Peaceful protest negates the second amendment? Downwinder Sep 2012 #7

Now that's the interesting question... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #8

Are you suggesting protestors may be armed while protesting? TreasonousBastard Sep 2012 #11

I was questioning whether protesters give up their Downwinder Sep 2012 #12

Cute. Now explain why a "peacful protestor" would want to be armed. Then... TreasonousBastard Sep 2012 #13

For the same reasons that people take their Downwinder Sep 2012 #14

Taking a piece to a peace rally seems a little odd... TreasonousBastard Sep 2012 #15

I never expected to lose my vote because Downwinder Sep 2012 #16

Only if you're with the Tea Party. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #19

They always find something to harass people about. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #17

Yep. If they'd take a look at the last year they'd understand. Fire Walk With Me Sep 2012 #20

Don't let the basta'ds get you down. antiquie Sep 2012 #22