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Now, VeeVee.
I'm not sure you read everything with understanding or just skimmed through. In all seriousness, it's more frightening to see your attitude.
If you read the student protest thread I actually wrote that people who want to deploy firearms, army and water cannons should make sure their own kids aren't protesting there in the first place.
As for these riots now. I wrote few times in this thread on on my twitter, that the use of brute force will only antagonise people and bring blood shed.
Obviously, if things are ever to escalate and looters turn against private property and endanger human lives I'd like police to use baton rounds. At least baton rounds.
Imagine you have a family and you find people burgling your home and setting it on fire - would you still feel the same? Would you (or I) be satisfied that the offenders were maybe caught later on and maybe charged and maybe sentenced for burning all your possessions and perhaps murdering your family members with or without the intent? Not sure I'd like to wait for the legal system to bring justice instead of simply preventing the whole thing from happening. Serious question...