"Non Lethal Weapons" (NLW) which do not kill the enemy, but render them inactive are classified as techniques of political control. Citizens, prisoners and riots in general are the target group of police or military utilising "weapons of mass protection" which are not bound by international regulations. The definition of non lethal means that no more than a quarter of the effected people die. Opponents of the use of these means wish to call them therefore "Less Lethal Weapons" (LLW). A mobile multi-media exhibition in Europe has produced books, a theatre play and an exhibition on the topic how LLWs are employed for the pupose of political control.

European theatre-makers, artists, architects, engineers and scientists developed an urban mobile theatre platform called TROIA. "The whole purpose of TROIA (English) is to focus public awareness and discussion on the technologies of political control within the context of a fast developing Europe." Olaf Arndt describes the problem in an excerpt from his book (PDF): "Domestic security has created a science-fiction reality with the aid of electricity, sound waves, gas and foam. It paints a picture of civil conflict which, despite a 30 year old tradition in the use of hi-tech weaponry such as pepper gas, computer searches,computer intelligence networks, police round-ups, is still seen by most as some fantastic script for a Hollywood film and bearing no relation to reality."

Inspired by this German article in Telepolis
TROIA English
TROIA German