Hemodiealysis (222.r.3)

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DEFENDING BOARDWALK » MARK The perimeter of Boardwalk had to be defended — well enough to prevent a breach, and without causing serious harm to any aggressor. We wanted to avoid violence, but we needed to be immovable without our consent. A cross between the Himalayas and André the Giant. A number of solutions to this defense do not work: threatening lethal violence will not deter certain aggressors; tranquilizers are not like in the movies and can be both ineffective and deadly; knock-out gasses would be great, but are similarly unreliable; and finally weapons like tasers need to be aimed and fired at a potentially overwhelming number of aggressors. What we needed was a kind of ‘riot control’ from a position inside the riot. That matches an allto-common situation in the United States: prisons. We defended our compound as if we were the remaining guards within a prison that had completely rioted, including the prisoners arming themselves. In this situation there is no hope of being in control. We can only defend ourselves, and we committed to doing so without forcing any attrition (i.e. killing) of the aggressors. So the prisoners are in control, and if they come for us we can only hold them off until they settle down or someone comes to help. Calling the police and other government forces ‘armed prisoners’ might seem a little unusual, but unless they decided to bring in the actual military and destroy us, the analogy is pretty apt. • We had 8-foot walls — and chicken-razor wire filling the gaps, which provides a pretty effective core of a defense. Assaulters had to go over, under, or through containers or razors. Under seemed unlikely given there were no tunnels beneath this part of the parking lot. Drainage pipes were all outside the perimeter. Through the razors was possible, but would require people to single-file cut through chicken and razor wire, with potentially armed people positioned with direct line-of-sight of the assault. That seemed tactically unlikely. Cutting through the containers had similar issues - 121 -


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Venice » Mark

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pages 171-174

Donations » Dr. A

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pages 169-170

Doctors (2) » Dr. A

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pages 167-168

Requests » Dr. A

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pages 159-162

Requests » Mark

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pages 155-156

Exodus (3) » Sandra

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pages 157-158

Doctors » Dr. A

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pages 163-166

Exodus (2) » Sandra

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pages 153-154

Exodus » Patrick

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pages 151-152

Bishop » John

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pages 139-142

Exodus » Sandra

6min
pages 145-148

Exodus » Mark

2min
pages 143-144

Safe Houses » Mark

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pages 137-138

Defending Boardwalk » Ron

1min
pages 135-136

Exodus » Bruce

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pages 149-150

Defending Boardwalk » Mark

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pages 131-134

The Neighborhood » Carl

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pages 127-130

Negotiations » Dr. A

2min
pages 125-126

The Second Convoy

3min
pages 109-112

July 5th

4min
pages 113-116

Razors

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pages 107-108

350 Acres

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pages 121-124

Communication

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pages 117-120

Menlo Park » Jo-Anne

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pages 103-104

Sunnyvale » Dr. A

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pages 105-106

It Takes a Village

4min
pages 87-90

Ignorance

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pages 93-94

Convoy

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pages 95-100

Contact Lists » Mark

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pages 101-102

The Ring

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pages 83-86

Lana

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pages 79-82

Five Hundred

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pages 77-78

Hemodiealysis

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pages 75-76

El Toro

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pages 73-74

Phones and Watches

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pages 71-72

Sirius Black

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pages 69-70

Needles » Mark

3min
pages 66-68

Bills » Nancy

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pages 63-65

Influence

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pages 53-54

Sacramento » Nancy

4min
pages 57-60

Road Trips

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pages 55-56

Recovery

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pages 47-50

Menlo Park (4) » Susan

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pages 51-52

Roofs

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pages 43-46

Menlo Park (3) » Susan

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pages 41-42

Menlo Park (2) » Susan

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pages 27-28

Vampires and Slaves

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pages 35-40

Hemodialysis

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pages 31-34

Menlo Park » Susan

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The Prank

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The Recruit » Dr. A

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Transplant Lists

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