[TheForge] banning samurai swords (in england)

[Jerry Smith]

Andy,

Lets look at the fact that automatic knives are
weapons and actually very useful tools in some
professions. Skydivers, such as airborne troops, have
them for the times when they get tangles up and need
one hand free. 

They have been banned in many states and cities for a
long time.

Let us form the Mountain Militia or the Fire and Iron
Militia then we could be the Guardians of the Free
State. With the knifemakers group, they could be the
Brothers of the Blade Militia.

But that may be a discussion for another day. Back to
the Brits, they have been fighting terrorism for many
years, such as the IRA. Yes, they are socialized, but
Mr Clinton's 100 days to basic health care for all
Americans would have been the beginning of yet another
form of socialization in America. When FDR created
Social Security, he started socialism in that era.

If the weather was better, I would be outside doing
some forging today, it's 21 degrees light wind and I
have to teach this afternoon.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years,

Jerry

--- Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Jerry Smith wrote:
> > The Brits are a concerned people and somethings
> that
> > cause violence with them seem to get banned. Try
> > flying in to Heathrow, you will see light armoured
> > vehicles and small tanks around the airport.
> 
> 	Concerned?  Perhaps so, but the relevant question
> is WHAT, exactly, are 
> they concerned about?  The English used to be some
> of the toughest 
> bastards on the planet.  If you judge them today by
> the public face put 
> on by the government, they have devolved into a race
> of spineless, 
> simpering, socialistic sissies clamoring for the
> state tit and an 
> illusion of safety, guaranteed by the state.
> > 
> > Most Americans do not see that this sort of thing
> is
> 
> 	They don't WANT to know.
> 
> > Chicago and NYC have heavy restrictions.
> 
> 	NYC since 1913.  The Sullivan Law.
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