Like I said, I didnt want to ditract from the point you have raised. But there comes a time when protestors DO become unmanagable to the extent that somebody will get hurt, property will get damaged etc... I am all for justified, peacefully staged demonstrations but take the latest student rioting, wheteher or not it was intended, it got out of hand not because they felt threatned by the police presence but because a percentage wanted to forcefully get their message across. How do we manage these people? All the training for verbal conflict management goes out the window, these protestors know the volitility of the situation that they volunteer to get involved with. I have no sympathy to violent and/or destructive people. It is innocent by-standers and peaceful protestors who become involved I feel for....