tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post114865913795308241..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Arms are for hugging...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148924239018271222006-05-29T13:37:00.000-04:002006-05-29T13:37:00.000-04:00Dammit, are they outta their freaking minds! I can...Dammit, are they outta their freaking minds! I can make something "capable of beheading a man" easily inside of 10 minutes from a leaf spring!<BR/>To paraphrase, "knife control" ain't about knives, it's about control.<BR/><BR/>TracyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148676901835971902006-05-26T16:55:00.000-04:002006-05-26T16:55:00.000-04:00Pointy sticks and heavy bunches of keys ARE alread...Pointy sticks and heavy bunches of keys ARE already verboten. They are 'offensive weapons'! Though I find this law to be much more offensive.T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148665347637687722006-05-26T13:42:00.000-04:002006-05-26T13:42:00.000-04:00Ok, I'm an official geek. I own a Bathlet. A big...Ok, I'm an official geek. I own a Bathlet. A big sharp pointy one like the one the British Cop is holding.<BR/>I'm a Star Trek fan from way, way back. I'm also a fencer and martial artist who owns a lot of other sharp pointy things now banned in the UK.<BR/><BR/>The really scary part is the third picture in the SUN story that shows kitchen cleavers and a camping hatchet on a table of "illegal knives."<BR/><BR/>As far as I can tell, this idiotic law will serve only three functions.<BR/><BR/>1. Pissing off British Trekkers<BR/>2. Making millions of Law Abiding British subjects felons for having a butchers knife<BR/>3. Providing a safer working environment for violent criminals.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425720798126022088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1148662102104356132006-05-26T12:48:00.000-04:002006-05-26T12:48:00.000-04:00No, no, there's a difference there!One group perfo...No, no, there's a difference there!<BR/><BR/>One group performs their rituals to appease a made-up, imaginary deity. The other....oh, wait.<BR/><BR/>"Semtex sweaters"...hee hee.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05796690368588471378noreply@blogger.com