The game of "Goal" Colombian style

Does anyone remember the game of "Goal"? It is essentially a game of tag where an object is designated as the safe area which when one is touching it protects one from being "it" or being called out, based on what regional variation of the game one is playing. It is important to shout "Goal!" when touching the object to let everyone know that you are in the safety zone.

When driving us to Chiquitines the other day Magnolia was talking about the different places we were passing. Stopped at a red light we were next to a university. There were hand painted banners on the barbed wire fences enclosing the campus. She was explaining that one of the signs was a notification of a planned demonstration by the students. La policia are not allowed on the college campuses for the student's safety. Since the students are essentially on "Goal" they feel free to make "potato bombs", hollowed out potatoes with gun powder, that they throw at the buses. They make a lot of noise but aren't all that dangerous, well, as dangerous as a potato sized chunk of gun powder would be.

The students are going to protest this time because the telephone service is being sold by the government and is becoming privatized since it is not profitable. No doubt the rates are going to skyrocket when held by a private company and the people are upset. Students, because of this built in protection mechanism, are the only ones who have the real freedom to express their outrage against the government.

So this is exactly like "Goal" except with potato bombs...