Very much so, Dom, fight-or-flight.
I like the idea of protesters linking arms to sing the national
anthem, there would be the problem that none of us properly know the
words!
2008/7/16 Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]>:
> David Bircumshaw wrote:
>>
>> You ever been in a street-riot, mate, apart from reading about them?
>>
>> I have, in Handsworth in '81. It's very interesting, very. I remember
>> sheltering from the police charge behind this half-height wall that
>> extended from The Rialto, and this huge Rasta, 6 foot 7 or so ( and
>> I'm a tall guy, so when I say big I mean big) of the kind who never
>> talked to whities, was also hiding there too, and he turned round to
>> me and said 'I dunno about you mate but this scares me shitless'.
>>
>
> I gather from friends' reports that it's very fight-or-flight. Some people
> get seriously stuck in. They also get seriously injured, quite often.
>
> I have a fancy that protestors faced with charging police ought to link
> arms, stand perfectly still, and sing the national anthem. Or run like
> buggery, according to preference.
>
> Dominic
>
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