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“Whenever I need to breezily inflict discipline on unruly citizens, I know I can trust Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray to get the job done! The power of reason is no match for Defense Technology’s superior repression power.” So reads “the most helpful favorable review” on amazon.com of a product described on the same site as “the most widely used pepper spray the world.” It’s only one among over 100 reviews, all of which have been entered in the past 24 hours and which range from five-star raves to one-star screeds. It appears activists angry with the use of pepper spray on peaceful protests in recent days have found a new way of making their displeasure felt, as the hashtag#occupyamazon begins to gain traction on Twitter.