From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Thu Aug 08 2002 - 05:40:49 MDT
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>A day or two before the incident below, a girl and boy, 12 years old, were
>arrested, fingerprinted, and had DNA samples taken. A policeman watched them
>playing with a toy plastic pistol, he called in reinforcements.
>
>Also, about the same time, (different place) a 22 year old deaf guy was
>arrested for making an insulting sign to a policeman ...he was giving the
>Deaf Sign Language indicating that he was deaf. Good grief, there'll be
>deaths in custody next!
>
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>Michael Wiik wrote:
>
>><<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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