I would agree with that, even though I've never been tazed. In the Young CloneLawman years (kind of like the young Indiana Jones years, but without visits to Central America and Europe), I was a prosecutor and worked really closely with the police forces within my jurisdiction. I thought it would be a useful experience to undergo the pepper spray training (to know what it was like if it came up in a case). Plus I was a bit too full of bravado and was friends with the Captain who was giving the training. During the talk beforehand he flipped his pepper spray back to me and I shot some on my tongue "Not bad..just like hot sauce!".
But then taking it in the eyes was a different story. They let me remove contacts beforehand, but it still was excruciating. I am a pepper spray wimp and would make a horrible criminal. If the cops sprayed OC in my eyes I would be in no position to be combative.
And I got the simplified version. I just stood there with eyes open and let them spray it right in my eyes (the Cap enjoyed that) . Then after a minute they handed you a hose to rinse your eyes out. One good thing about it is it really clears out the sinuses. I had a string of snot pumping out my nose a couple feet long. The worst part was that when I showered the next morning there was some reactivation of the stuff.
It also made me think of a police report I had recently read where some Deputies had pepper-sprayed a guy a couple of times and he just stood there screaming "Give me more!".
I'll have to dig around. I think I still have some photos of getting pepper-sprayed and the aftermath.
