They're not used to stop protests though are they?
They're used to stop riots. There's a bit of a difference.
The alternative to the water cannon in those respects is fun stuff like rubber bullets and tear gas.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 15:17,
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And there's nothing better than a water cannon and some light kettling
for turning a potentially damaging, newsworthy protest in to a dismissable riot.
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MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 15:24,
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Well the point is...
Recent new laws and other proposed laws are designed to make it easier to criminalise peaceful protests, so they will in effect end up being treated like riots! Riots are shit yes, but everyone should have the right to protest peacefully with out being shot at by the police with any type of weapon!
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Rotten Eggs I don't know why I call him Gerald, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 15:25,
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It is "The right to association", isn't it?
One of our most basic human rights.
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MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 15:27,
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I like to think that 'right to association' legally protects orgies
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Victoria'sBeard Different political view? I hate you!, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 16:09,
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^This^
Very much!
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sir_spicious2000 Crap I've watched: www.filmplop.blogspot.com/, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 15:29,
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yeah that pensioner looked like a rioter
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Wed 29 Jan 2014, 18:35,
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