re: "...spraying folks with pepper spray is not violence."
Yeah, sure. Just like waterboarding isn't torture. But I didn't see either of the last two Presidents volunteering to let their kids be waterboarded.
If you REALLY think pepper spray isn't violence, I propose you go into a local bar and give someone you don't know a dose of it. See what happens. You know - just as an experiment.

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