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Police in the People's Republic of China is normally unarmed (just like police in several other countries, most famously the United Kingdom), so while I don't know anything about whether they had been armed at that time at Tiananmen square, any claim that they were unarmed as usual seems perfectly plausible to me.
But don't forget that the army also was sent in there, very armed.
Students.
Fucking students!
You can't tell me in good faith that they were more armed than the fucking police!
Be real homie, does that make sense in any fucking reality?
I have no reason to believe that the students were armed either.
And don’t forget that the army also was sent in there, very armed.
What are you arguing?
I'm saying the people in tanks were not unarmed. And the students likely didn't have RPGs.
I'm frustrated trying to understand what you just typed!
The police were not unarmed. As a matter of fact, they had enough arms to murder 512 people that posed no that to the people in fucking tanks!!
I'm arguing that any claim that the police was unarmed is perfectly plausible, as this is normal for police in the People’s Republic of China.
There's absolutely no disagreement about that.
There's absolutely no disagreement about that.
Are you sure about that? Where do you have that information from? That would have been most unusual.
Yes. I am sure about that.