... while wearing a helmet, visor down. Which is of course the obvious thing to put on when confronting children in a park.
I've experienced both and in each circumstance I knew what was being thrown very clearly. Though perhaps I had the benefit of not being impeded by a visor because it is really easy to know the difference without one

*MySmiley*
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Stuttgart, Germany, September 30th 2010
01/10/2010 03:32:58 PM
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the parents should be ashamed for bringing their kids there
01/10/2010 06:11:04 PM
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er... I thought you missed some vital points (or I forgot to mention them)
02/10/2010 12:53:20 AM
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know I just noticed point in your article you over looked
02/10/2010 04:27:47 AM
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Yeah, I'm gonna have to kind of agree with you.
02/10/2010 07:34:12 AM
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the article was wrong on both points
02/10/2010 10:16:46 AM
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That's irrelevant.
02/10/2010 10:59:35 AM
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Re: That's irrelevant.
02/10/2010 11:43:43 AM
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Youths can organise themselves; we're talking about children.
02/10/2010 01:11:01 PM
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Re: Youths can organise themselves; we're talking about children.
02/10/2010 02:40:46 PM
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I went to lots of demonstrations when I was a kid
02/10/2010 10:23:04 AM
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. . . as a child? *NM*
02/10/2010 10:46:52 AM
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I think I was 12 on my first one.
02/10/2010 10:49:33 AM
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You're gonna have to share this story.
02/10/2010 11:00:58 AM
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I was a political kid!
02/10/2010 11:03:36 AM
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Well, your freaky childhood behaviour aside. . .
02/10/2010 11:08:36 AM
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Re: Well, your freaky childhood behaviour aside. . .
02/10/2010 11:10:21 AM
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Yeah, I guess it really depends on how they ended up there. . . *NM*
02/10/2010 11:14:10 AM
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Or they didn't have good reason to expect voilence. Which would seem more likely here. *NM*
02/10/2010 01:14:41 AM
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It would not take a genius to know there would probably be violence.
02/10/2010 04:38:52 AM
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Re: It would not take a genius to know there would probably be violence.
02/10/2010 10:26:40 AM
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I read this about it
02/10/2010 01:18:16 AM
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it is really hard to tell the difference
02/10/2010 01:30:24 AM
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Even then it is?
02/10/2010 01:39:52 AM
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"Some reports indicate that stones were thrown at police from the crowd of protesters. "
03/10/2010 03:38:19 PM
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