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Originally Posted by pepper24
Protestors should be allowed to protest without being killed. I think that Israel has a big hole to dig themselves out of. The Israeli's used excessive force. We're talking about protestors with at most light weapons like bats from various countries including Canada, Sweden, Germany etc. (not just the Middle East). You think that a US funded army could handle the situation and get control in a better manner. We'll see what the facts are hopefully with an unbiased, fair investigation but at first glance it doesn't look good on Israel.
Regarding the G8/G20, Canada is a democracy that allows peaceful protest. If it turns ugly, the RCMP will do what's necessary without excess force such as riot police, tear gas etc. Not open fire on civialians. Canada is different then Israel, China, Iran, Thailand etc. It's a legit democracy.
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When someone points a gun at you and you attack them rather then stand down then you have made your bed. The stupidity of these protesters amazes me. They really missed the non-violent part of classic civil disobedience.
I don't think that it is that unlikely that protesters will be severly injured in clashes with police. I expect our police to act professionally using tear gas, pepper spray and tazers first but if a protestor stole a gun or had a police officer down and was clubbing him I would not blame the police for defending themselves.