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Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun
Fantastic Lad writes to tell us that journalist Michael Hanlon recently got the opportunity to experience the Army's new not-so-secret weapon, dubbed "Silent Guardian". The Silent Guardian is essentially (even though the creators prefer you not refer to it as such) a ray gun, emitting a focused beam of radiation similar to your microwave tuned to a specific frequency to stimulate human nerve endings. "It can throw a wave of agony nearly half a mile. Because the beam penetrates skin only to a depth of 1/64th of an inch, it cannot, says Raytheon, cause visible, permanent injury. But anyone in the beam's path will feel, over their entire body, the agonizing sensation I've just felt on my fingertip. The prospect doesn't bear thinking about. "
STFU. In the history of the united states, no one has ever been tasered for "asking too many question," "being in a library without a library card," or calling an ambulance. Every day there are large protests against the government in the USA, and the police show up to PROTECT them. In China or the USSR, they would be imprisoned, "disappeared," or executed.
Maybe it's not totally your fault -- maybe your local newspaper says, "student tasered for asking too many questions." But you're still an idiot for believing it.
I call BS:
"- being at a library without their library card (guy got tasered _repeatedly_ after he had already accepted to leave)"
Source?
One would have to be a slow learner if one did not learn after the first or second time that continuing to do whatever illegal activity one is involved in will result in disciplinary action by authourities. If one can't learn from temporary pain, without any physical injuries, one is not going to learn from verbal correction, so what suggestion would you make for steps the authourities can take to subdue an out-of-line individual/criminal?
"Failure to conform to majority belief does not make you a troll."
If upholding the law and taking oxygen-theives off the street makes a cop a 'good guy' then bring 'em on. I am aware that there is corruption but for the most part I'd prefer to have police patrolling and protecting rather having criminals running the streets. As far as your uncle is concerned.. you sound a bit unsure as to whether it was a policeman or not. You may want to elaborate. As for your sister being pulled over 'for being the wrong color', that my friend is a figment of your imagination. If you're driving through a suspicious neighbourhood, or look suspicious, you can expect to get pulled over regardless of color. If you're not doing anything illegal, there should be nothing to worry about. Bottom line is, don't involve yourself in illegal activities or associate with active criminals, and you won't have to worry about being laser-beamed (or tased).
"Failure to conform to majority belief does not make you a troll."