02-13-2008, 11:50 PM
I didn't ask you if it would be likely to happen or not - I asked you which you would prefer.
Negotiations will not work on people that are not thinking rationally, or cannot understand you. If you're speaking English and he's speaking French, negotiation is not possible. If he or she is in a state of distress to the point where he or she is not thinking rationally, negotiation is not possible. Under those circumstances, using a taser forces them to sit down, shut up, and listen. Of course, it does that under any circumstance.
The correct term for weapons like tasers is "less-than-lethal." This label is also applied to grenades filled with rubber balls and bits, rifles and handguns using rubber bullets, and beanbag shotguns, among other gadgets. These weapons are not guaranteed to be non-fatal - being shot in the chest with a heavy beanbag or little bitty rubber bullet are probably going to merely incapacitate, but there's a chance that they could trigger a pre-existing condition or have one of those "one in a million" chances of causing fatal injuries. Because the amperage is low, tasers are unlikely to be fatal or to even produce long-lasting effects, but you are jolting someone with 50,000 volts of electricity - possibly multiple times in a short amount of time, in some cases - and both heart and brain operate with electrical currents. It's possible that that sudden surge in electrical current could disrupt their cycles, but I'm just guessing at that - those people could have died from something completely unrelated.
Negotiations will not work on people that are not thinking rationally, or cannot understand you. If you're speaking English and he's speaking French, negotiation is not possible. If he or she is in a state of distress to the point where he or she is not thinking rationally, negotiation is not possible. Under those circumstances, using a taser forces them to sit down, shut up, and listen. Of course, it does that under any circumstance.
The correct term for weapons like tasers is "less-than-lethal." This label is also applied to grenades filled with rubber balls and bits, rifles and handguns using rubber bullets, and beanbag shotguns, among other gadgets. These weapons are not guaranteed to be non-fatal - being shot in the chest with a heavy beanbag or little bitty rubber bullet are probably going to merely incapacitate, but there's a chance that they could trigger a pre-existing condition or have one of those "one in a million" chances of causing fatal injuries. Because the amperage is low, tasers are unlikely to be fatal or to even produce long-lasting effects, but you are jolting someone with 50,000 volts of electricity - possibly multiple times in a short amount of time, in some cases - and both heart and brain operate with electrical currents. It's possible that that sudden surge in electrical current could disrupt their cycles, but I'm just guessing at that - those people could have died from something completely unrelated.
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