>>A Canadian peace activist charged with participating in a riot at the Summit of the Americas in Quebec won a temporary injunction late last night from the Israeli supreme court that prevents his immediate deportation.
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>>Singh originally faced 10 charges when he was arrested, including possession of an offensive weapon — a catapult used to fire teddy bears at police lines. The charge was later dropped.
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>Don't know who this person is, but something that is peculiar about activists on peace demonstrations / protests is that they involve some kind of disturbance of the peace.

J.;

The motivation of the “Peace nicks” of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s was to cause a disruption to Civil Authority to the point of demanding and receiving abuse by the police or military. That was done to “gain publicity and public attention” so the public would have sympathy for the position of the “Peace nicks”.

If you want to put out a fire throwing gasoline on it does not help. In this case launching a Teddy Bear at a person with an automatic weapon leveled at you does not seem like a brilliant idea. Shoot first and ask questions later is a good rule for any military person.

Perhaps the world does not understand the “motivation” of this fellow or he does not understand the world. Both thoughts are correct. I do not think that everyone is ready for a Teddy Bear assault to save the world.

Tom