I was shocked!

Does anyone remember reading T. H. White's "The Once and Future King" Merlin turns Arthur into an ant early on. In the ant colony Arthur sees signs everywhere that say EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY.

Mike
 
Welcome to the middle stages of the emerging NWO. Countries like England are already there with their complete ban on guns AND most knives. Lokk what we got to look forward to and OUR sheeple are just as compliant as the rest of the world.
 
Jason, some near future we'll have penforums.com on the web.
Now pens in general are on the edge of legality, fountain pens are already
banned in most states. Sheeple are supposed to use stylus on PC touch
screen only! How dare you carry such a nasty things as to STAIN around
everywhere with dirty words unable to erase without lots of effort!

There we'll talk about some "Alligator Dundee said now that's a pen oh its
cool" kind of talks. Also concealed pen carry legality in defferent states.
Then there you talk each other some of whom take APTI membership...

I didn't mention PAINT BRUSH cuz it's no.....


OOOOGWAGGGGHHHH !!!

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WrongFriend - I wish that were funny - - California's 12020 "Dirk or Dagger" law actually (arguably) makes it a felony to carry a concealed ball point pen.

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"I have often laughed at the weaklings who call themselves kind because they have no claws"

- Zarathustra
 
I once pulled out my Leatherman tool to sharpen a pencil before a class, and the girl sitting next to me said "Why would you carry a weapon like that around?" A weapon? Was she insane? I mean, it's not like it was a Micra, and I'm Vampire Gerbil or anything.
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"Deadly weapon? I could kill someone with this?

"You own a deadly weapon. A very deadly weapon, actually. One that kills people every day. A friend of mine's sister was killed by one of these deadly weapons. In fact, you probably drove your weapon to work this morning. Just think of all the people you could have killed."

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I don't give a damn about how stupid you are. Just don't be ignorant.

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What I'd like to know is how do these morons eat a meal at a resturant. They must go into convulsions the instant they sit down at the table and see that "dangerous and deadly killing machine" next to the fork.
 
If it was just morons who had a knife taboo, we'd have an easier time of it.
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The book where I saw the quotation is hiding somewhere in the house, but I remember reading that, in ancient China, Confucius, whom I have the nerve to disagree with on this or that but whom I would never call a moron, said that it is poor form to serve a meal to polite company with knives at the table, because knives belong in places where gentlemen don't go, like the slaughterhouse or the kitchen. Notice that most Chinese food is served up in a way that is manageable with chopsticks and without a knife.

There are antique sets knife-and-chopsticks in circulation, but those were made for the barbarian Mongols. Knife-aversion is ancient and cross-cultural.


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The forst I have faced yet is my uncle: I showed him my new LTC kukri and he, looking in disgust, asked me, "What are you going to do with that?!!" Funny, I often wondered the same thing with his coin collection proudly displayed on the wall! The sheeple do not understand; they fear. Knowledge dispells fear. For those who still don't get it, ignore them, or laugh and then try to ignore them. IF that doesn't work, tell them how much money a WW2 or Vietnam era Randall is and that many can be found at garage sales. Spell R A N D A L L for them, and tell them the URL for the Randall web site. Where knowledge doesn't motivate, money should do the trick. If they still don't get it, they are grand-children, children, or the very people who wrote the stinkin' laws that keep many from carrying useful tools; yep, they are the politians!!! I'll leave it to you do decide what to do then
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I've always thought this experience to be totally frustrating. We bought our little guy a Play Doh set for his birthday. Included was a swiss army type plastic knife intended for, obviously, cutting and making designs in clay. He pocketed it and took it to pre-school one day. Non-problematic with the school's owner. When I picked my boy up, a mother saw the toy in his hand, and went straight to the school's owner and said "Oh ! So you're letting the kids bring WEAPONS to class these days !" This person was irate. I chose not to engage, as the owner, was calmly putting this lady in her place. I just shook my head and walked. Some people....
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BTW, this was down in California, not the great state of Oregon.

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Sure is nice working in a marina. I pulled out my Military to open the mail today and nobody looked twice.
 
In Scandinavia they make fixed-blade children's training knives.

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Hey Burke, a Leatherman tool used to be a leathal weapon or execution tool in Vulkan, now the technique has been sophisticated into non-fatal nerve pinch.

Go enlighten your classmates the peaceful background of Leatherman tool.

Live long and prosper!

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You should have pulled off his pager and beaten him to death with it.

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Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
 
OTOH - Yesterday morning my CRKT M16-03Z came in the mail, and since I live in an apartment building, all of the mailboxes are in one place. I opened the box and the knife right there, to make sure it was the right one since the seller I got it from has received a lot of mislabeled boxes. Anyway, the elderly woman (who was also checking her mail) I was talking to at the time didn't bat an eyelash when I opened the knife up and examined it.

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"I have often laughed at the weaklings who call themselves kind because they have no claws"

- Zarathustra
 
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