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Stone Age weapons

gregh  2006-10-10 08:44   

Connecticut Opinion: Editorials, OpEd, Letters To The Editor from The Hartford Courant:

"'What, pray tell, is a dual-use item?' I asked. I'm afraid I chucked just a little, causing her to glare, withhold a satisfactory answer and call her supervisor. He hefted my rock, scrutinized it for a moment, and agreed that my specimen was indeed a dual-use item, meaning a potential low-tech weapon. During those uneasy moments when I thought I would be detained, I wondered if a doctor's stethoscope would also be declared a dual-use item, since it could be used to strangle a pilot. "

Imagine if he'd written "Kip Hawley is an idiot" on the rock. Though that seems to be set in stone at this point.

(Via Bruce Schneier.)

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