lol ...I don't think I would either! Wouldn't want to be in this day and age, I remember when news used to be about news and not ratings.Pug wrote:
You wouldn't make it as a newsman
Remember fellas, "the media" is not "the news".
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That's pretty much what the Times have done in their story (in tomorrows paper) on the protest (which was state sanctioned). Apparently on the other side of the road (outside the sanctioned demonstration area) there was a crowd of bemused Iranian onlookers eating ice cream.Braddock wrote:
It is a big story but my headline would read: "only 200 people turn out to protest at British embassy in Tehran". And I would film it in a slightly wider shot for TV to show the empty streets on either side of the small gathering.Pug wrote:
Yep, that's exactly why I don't understand the standard "baseball card" photo of the agitator in mid-toss always is the one in the paper...you never know how big the issue is (ps. it is pretty big).
that is awesome...lolBertster7 wrote:
state sanctioned). Apparently on the other side of the road (outside the sanctioned demonstration area) there was a crowd of bemused Iranian onlookers eating ice cream.
And on the other side of that road there was a small group of lactose intolerant Iranians throwing rocks at them.GunSlinger OIF II wrote:
that is awesome...lolBertster7 wrote:
state sanctioned). Apparently on the other side of the road (outside the sanctioned demonstration area) there was a crowd of bemused Iranian onlookers eating ice cream.
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Gotta love mean millitary tech. 'We're not TRYING to kill you, but that doesen't mean it won't HURT.' +1 for using them on people.CannonFodder11b wrote:
Thats why some of us lucky troops have FN 303's.Nothing says "back the fuck up", like a hard plastic paintball round, fired at 500FPS. (Such an evil less then lethal launcher, but oooh so fun )Skorpy-chan wrote:
And yet it's called 'firing on civillians' if we respond to rocks with bullets, or 'physical abuse' if you throw them back.
Why doesen't anybody protest with water balloons? They're FAR more fun, and hitting a soldier in the head with one will piss him off less than a rock.
Oh, the rock throwing, yeah. They learned that from the Palestinians.Pug wrote:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17896952/
I've been to a few protests and I've seen fists pumped in the air, but never run into a rock-toting angry Islamic crowd. I've posted this because it seems like everytime there is a protest the rocks are flyin'.
So is it tradition to throw rocks in protest? Or is it media bias?
Why does it seem that Islamic public demostrations are violent with rock-tossing? Remember the time when the churches were buring because offense taken by what the Pope said?
I guess "Death to Israel" is taking a back seat to "Death to England" this weekend.
Hey I do that for fun, those protestors are lucky they got shot at for free!CannonFodder11b wrote:
Thats why some of us lucky troops have FN 303's.Nothing says "back the fuck up", like a hard plastic paintball round, fired at 500FPS. (Such an evil less then lethal launcher, but oooh so fun )
+1 for making me laugh.Pubic wrote:
Hey I do that for fun, those protestors are lucky they got shot at for free!CannonFodder11b wrote:
Thats why some of us lucky troops have FN 303's.Nothing says "back the fuck up", like a hard plastic paintball round, fired at 500FPS. (Such an evil less then lethal launcher, but oooh so fun )
I dub thee the Porkenator.Pubic wrote:
Spud cannon filled with pork chops!
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Air drop nerf guns all over the country. Cultural assimilation as well as safer projectiles.
unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Air drop nerf guns all over the country. Cultural assimilation as well as safer projectiles.
Link please for the barbaric American crowd...Bertster7 wrote:
That's pretty much what the Times have done in their story (in tomorrows paper) on the protest (which was state sanctioned). Apparently on the other side of the road (outside the sanctioned demonstration area) there was a crowd of bemused Iranian onlookers eating ice cream.
No way... we used to shoot rock throwers and what not witht he 40mm "nerf" round less then lethal round, those kids would see a rock thrower get pelted and start playing with the projectile screaming "mista mista nerf!"unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Air drop nerf guns all over the country. Cultural assimilation as well as safer projectiles.
And the rubber shotgun darts are too hard to come by nowadays since we shot all our alloted up. The 40mm rubber BB rounds cause too much damage, so we use them on dogs.
That leaves the FN 303. Oh what fun it is watching a rock thrower go from butch to bitch, and his friends laughing at the guy who is now walking like a gimp.
Not to mention the dents it puts on cars. (If it can go through a 55 gallon drum on full power (500psi)
we have to tone it down for softies (around 200psi)
The round itself is a plastic (not the rubber ball type from civilian paint markers) Itsa hard plastic shape sorta like a bullet, with permenant paint on the backside and some lead powder in the tip... we cannot shoot chest shots or head shots with it, so we go for legs or groin shots. A few evil bastards like myself aim for the feet.
Nothing is worse then hitting someone with a 40mm nerf round and watching them stand up , pick up the round and toss it to the kids to play with.
Oh yeah anyone ever see a person breach a small refridgerator sized safe with a shotgun?
Hatton rounds will do the trick on those 300lbs safes. 4 hatton (ceramic breaching rounds) do the trick.
There wasn't one at the time - there may be one now I'll check, but it's not very likely. Saw it on on the review of tomorrows papers (I did mention it was tomorrows paper) on BBC News 24 - so it should be in todays Times.Pug wrote:
Link please for the barbaric American crowd...Bertster7 wrote:
That's pretty much what the Times have done in their story (in tomorrows paper) on the protest (which was state sanctioned). Apparently on the other side of the road (outside the sanctioned demonstration area) there was a crowd of bemused Iranian onlookers eating ice cream.
On their website the only article on the protest from the Times (rather than a dedicated online article) is written by someone else (diplomatic editor not the Middle East correspondant - so it's not the right one, I might go and buy a copy of the paper and post the full text later) - I did see from the online article that the protestors belonged to the hardline Basij volunteer religious militia - so obviously they're nutters.
Non-lethal munitions are inherently funny. Such a shame the 40mm nerf rounds don't disable people.CannonFodder11b wrote:
No way... we used to shoot rock throwers and what not witht he 40mm "nerf" round less then lethal round, those kids would see a rock thrower get pelted and start playing with the projectile screaming "mista mista nerf!"unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Air drop nerf guns all over the country. Cultural assimilation as well as safer projectiles.
And the rubber shotgun darts are too hard to come by nowadays since we shot all our alloted up. The 40mm rubber BB rounds cause too much damage, so we use them on dogs.
That leaves the FN 303. Oh what fun it is watching a rock thrower go from butch to bitch, and his friends laughing at the guy who is now walking like a gimp.
Not to mention the dents it puts on cars. (If it can go through a 55 gallon drum on full power (500psi)
we have to tone it down for softies (around 200psi)
The round itself is a plastic (not the rubber ball type from civilian paint markers) Itsa hard plastic shape sorta like a bullet, with permenant paint on the backside and some lead powder in the tip... we cannot shoot chest shots or head shots with it, so we go for legs or groin shots. A few evil bastards like myself aim for the feet.
Nothing is worse then hitting someone with a 40mm nerf round and watching them stand up , pick up the round and toss it to the kids to play with.
Oh yeah anyone ever see a person breach a small refridgerator sized safe with a shotgun?
Hatton rounds will do the trick on those 300lbs safes. 4 hatton (ceramic breaching rounds) do the trick.
Maybe they should make airburst paintball JDAMs? Precision-guided paint-soaked goodness. Even better if it sets rigid.
Very much reminds me of something a friend of mine came up with in an RPG system; a 35mm sniper cannon with non-lethal rounds that could punch through an Abrams tank. Instantly lethal, if not for the 'non-lethal' modifier.
Uhhh, that's gotta hurt if you get shot in the nuts.
Throwing rocks at protests is just a way to practice stoning women for adultry. Obviously, the media is not the news, but it seems to be a fairly common thing to see from the muslum world. If only religious followers of the world practiced what they preach, they may come to an understanding that they are all looking for the same thing in the end. Sad really.
I heard on TV that the embassy supplied the rocks, then they panned to the trucks inside the embassy still half full with rocks lol! I have no link unfortunately.
*clears throat, turns on stadium beer man voice*
"Getcha rocks here! Good tossin' rocks here! Free rocks to chuck courtesy of the embassy here!"
"Getcha rocks here! Good tossin' rocks here! Free rocks to chuck courtesy of the embassy here!"
I have often thought of just that. clean up the rocks in the hot spots, game over. I never see any rocks lying around Manhattan. Or leave pumice stone lying about, its feather wieght, like being hit with a paper napkin, or big heavy 9 to 12 pound rocks, each guy throws 4 and goes home really F'in tired.TrollmeaT wrote:
I heard on TV that the embassy supplied the rocks, then they panned to the trucks inside the embassy still half full with rocks lol! I have no link unfortunately.
Another idea; coat all the rocks in nerf stuff, so they don't break anything.
Or combine a tazer and a water cannon.
Or combine a tazer and a water cannon.
WTF are you all donkeys bitching about?
What do you prefer they had....rocks or guns? And fuck me they cant throw properly!
A) They throw in any direction and quickly leg it knowing somone may pop them
B) They all throw like girls cos they are all prob malnutritioned.
What do you prefer they had....rocks or guns? And fuck me they cant throw properly!
A) They throw in any direction and quickly leg it knowing somone may pop them
B) They all throw like girls cos they are all prob malnutritioned.
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Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.
Read the OP - is it the media or is there a market for special rocks.m3thod wrote:
WTF are you all donkeys bitching about?
What do you prefer they had....rocks or guns? And fuck me they cant throw properly!
A) They throw in any direction and quickly leg it knowing somone may pop them
B) They all throw like girls cos they are all prob malnutritioned.