From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Wed Aug 07 2002 - 09:24:49 MDT
<<AIRPORT security staff confiscated a TWO-INCH plastic gun from a toy
soldier, it was revealed yesterday.
British tourist Judy Powell, 55, bought a GI Joe doll in America as a
gift for her seven-year-old grandson George.>>
[...]
<<"Then they asked me if there were toy grenades as well. I thought they
were joking, but they weren't smiling — they were deadly serious.">>
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002360334,00.html/
Now I for one, as a loyal citizen, or rather permanent resident of this
great country, cannot for a second believe that trained airport security
personel are bat-shit crazy. Therefore we logically must expect to be
attacked by miniature terrorists, perhaps robots or the result of some
sort of weird genetic experiments. Surely our leaders have had good
reason to keep knowledge of this threat from us, but now the secret is
out.
I urge all american extropians to use our knowledge, interests, and
contacts in the fields of nanotech and genetic engineering in combatting
this new threat.
-Mike
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