This non-violent demonstrators were willing to accept the agreed upon punishment/cost of their actions in protest of the actions of their public servants. Their public servants, as usual, chose to to act in the manner of savages who are incapable of holding to the rule of law which they use to justify their confiscation of the citizen's right to bear arms in the face of tyranny.
Excuse me, but this modern notion that protesters get to "make a deal" about the fines they'll eventually pay is bogus. If they're
Tim May ('>') wrote: trespassing,
they're trespassing. They don't get to take over Intel's factory, chain themselves to the Evil Factory doors, and then make a deal to pay some token fine.
I think you're overreacting here (or I am misreading the above '>>'). If the sentence is life, with a chance for parole after 15 years, or if the sentence is death, that is what all those who practice civil disobedience should face -- what the actual sentence is. Applying pepper spray directly to eyes of _non-violent_ demonstrators is "cruel and unusual punishment", not just normal arrest procedures. (Violent demonstrators must deal with the consequences of their actions, including death.) [as usual -- just my own views...] ========================================================== Mark Leighton Fisher Thomson Consumer Electronics fisherm@indy.tce.com Indianapolis, IN "Their walls are built of cannon balls, their motto is 'Don't Tread on Me'"