...you're dodging urine and feces in the streets of Denver later this month.

Poo and pee dominated a public hearing Monday on a new law that prohibits people from carrying certain items if they intend to use them for nefarious purposes.

The law, crafted in advance of the Democratic National Convention, was adopted unanimously by the City Council.

But not before a hearing laced with comedy and profanity.

Representatives from some of the groups planning large-scale protests during the DNC this month said the ordinance was unnecessary and accused city officials of fear mongering.

"The intent of this ordinance is to try to smear protesters and make them look as if they are somehow criminal or somehow going to engage in some kind of gross conduct," said Glenn Spagnuolo, an organizer with the Re- create 68 Alliance.

The ordinance makes it illegal to carry certain items, such as chains, padlocks, carabiners and other locking devices. It also prohibits the possession of noxious substances. Two of the most frequently used examples of a noxious substance are a bucket of urine and a "feces bomb."

I'm sorry, but if you throw urine or feces at someone, you deserve to be on the business end of some good, old fashioned police brutality. You're not supposed to be able to say that. You're not supposed to be able to admit that some people just need to be severely beaten, but we would be a better society if beating people who deserved it was more legally and societally accepted.

For one thing, nobody would be thinking about throwing "poo and pee" at people going to a national political convention...