Oxford University Student Union is organising a Reclaim The Night march on the 28th November, protesting against violence against women and demonstrating for the right of women to walk the streets at night without fear. All women from Oxford and the local area are warmly invited to join the march- we want to unite the local community of Oxford for this march.
The march will start at 6.30 on Cowley Place (outside St Hilda's College), progress across Magdalen Bridge, and end in a candlelit vigil on Broad St at 8.
Because latest Amnesty figures show that 1 billion women alive today have been physically or sexually assaulted worldwide - Because freedom to live without fear of violence should be a universal human right - Because whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no
Because latest Amnesty figures show that 1 billion women alive today have been physically or sexually assaulted worldwide - Because freedom to live without fear of violence should be a universal human right - Because whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no
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good on ya
27.11.2006 23:04
mobo
The dangers of pepper spray
18.12.2006 13:34
Too much capsaicin can cause death. Too little can fail to incapacitate an assailant. The Scoville scale si a good indicator of how much ground pepper to use, the higher the figure, the hotter, more dangerous it is.
"Capsaicin is also the active ingredient in the chemical riot control agent pepper spray. When the spray comes in contact with skin, especially eyes or mucous membranes, it is very painful."
Spraying mace/pepper spray/dog repellent in anyones unmasked face will drop them and render them helpless, like "having your face drenched in gasoline and lit on fire", and could be used against you. If you want to make your own, don't follow internet recipes which are often intended as insecticides and can be too strong. If you don't intend killing someone and don't have a chemistry degree, there is one way to get the right strength without risking harm to others - try it on yourself. Add a small amount of the strongest pepper you have to a few litres of water. Use a garden sprayer to spray it in your own face. If it is merely irritable, add more pepper until 'it is like having your face burned'. It may be masochistic but it's more moral than testing it on anyone else. Then add a little bit more for luck, bottle it in empty pump aerosol devices, label them 'Garden Insecticide', and pass them to your friends. They work on insects too while not harming plants.
dan