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by easy_rider 4534 days ago
They probably pose in front of mirrors anyway. I know I would if I had such awesome gear.
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"Look at me! I'm totally Judge Dredd."
Exactly. I'm grateful that I don't get downvoted for the comment btw. But sorry, this lacks any news or intellectual value whatsoever. Now if a study would emerge that mirrors as a reflective tool are a proven deterrent of riot police, this would incite some nice debates about the human psyche.

I don't want to listen to some guy with dirty undies hanging on his bedpost talking about the "evil black riot police" and how they get schooled with grandma's with mirrors.

The hippies used to do this with flowers in the 60's. That is a long time ago. Is it true that riot police is getting more violent or aggressive in nature? Or could it be that those helmets and shields are there to protect them from cranial bleeding.

a study would emerge that mirrors as a reflective tool are a proven deterrent of riot police

That seems to be a rather high bar to set for a rather poetic act. I take it you also do not trust parachutes.

As with many interventions intended to prevent ill health, the effectiveness of parachutes has not been subjected to rigorous evaluation by using randomised controlled trials. Advocates of evidence based medicine have criticised the adoption of interventions evaluated by using only observational data. We think that everyone might benefit if the most radical protagonists of evidence based medicine organised and participated in a double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, crossover trial of the parachute.

http://www.bmj.com/content/327/7429/1459

Thanks, that was hilarious! Tough cookie trying to get volunteers with a placebo group. That might be the deal cutter..