PepperFritz
The Cosmic Force
Pentagon's Raygun Demonstrated on Mock Protestors
Lemme get this straight:
The Pentagon has developed a raygun that will "harmlessly repel enemies" (you mean, like tasers?), but are unwilling to use it in Iraq because it is "unproven" and might be "thought of as a torture weapon". So their intention is to make sure the "device" is "used first on Americans" because "if we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation." And just in case there is any doubt about which particular "Americans" the government has in mind to use the weapon (er. device) on "first", they obligingly "demonstrate" it on "a handful of military volunteers, dressed as civilian protesters, who carried signs saying 'peace not war', against whom "a series of raygun blasts from half a mile away disrupted their chants and finally sent them running".
Is it just me, or does the purpose of this "demonstration" seem like a very unsubtle and overt "warning" to any American citizens who may be considering taking part in anti-war protests in the near future? And does it also seem clear that the weapon has been developed ("in secret") SOLELY for domestic purposes?
Lemme get this straight:
The Pentagon has developed a raygun that will "harmlessly repel enemies" (you mean, like tasers?), but are unwilling to use it in Iraq because it is "unproven" and might be "thought of as a torture weapon". So their intention is to make sure the "device" is "used first on Americans" because "if we're not willing to use it here against our fellow citizens, then we should not be willing to use it in a wartime situation." And just in case there is any doubt about which particular "Americans" the government has in mind to use the weapon (er. device) on "first", they obligingly "demonstrate" it on "a handful of military volunteers, dressed as civilian protesters, who carried signs saying 'peace not war', against whom "a series of raygun blasts from half a mile away disrupted their chants and finally sent them running".
Is it just me, or does the purpose of this "demonstration" seem like a very unsubtle and overt "warning" to any American citizens who may be considering taking part in anti-war protests in the near future? And does it also seem clear that the weapon has been developed ("in secret") SOLELY for domestic purposes?