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   From: efor6920@bigpond.net.au   
      
   "John VanSickle"  wrote in message   
   news:7YDeg.6434$921.3266@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...   
   > James Gassaway wrote:   
   >   
   >> It was more the silliness of calling a four to five foot long blade a   
   >> "knife" that was tickling my funny bone.   
   >   
   > There's probably a rationale for it, but yeah, treating an artifact of a   
   > fringe hobby as if it were part of a crime wave does have an air of the   
   > ridiculous.   
   >   
   > Regards,   
   > John   
      
   Ausie (NSW) police once had one of these spin doctoring events with a large   
   table covered in all manner of bladed and blunt force weapons, including one   
   of those cheap soft plastic, kiddie version Dak'thags they used to sell at   
   convention stalls, you know the ones that are obviously fake even seen from   
   across an entire convention hall, one could almost here the wave of sneezing   
   as ausie trekkies across the country simultaneously went   
      
   "Ah, ah , ah *bullshit*"   
      
      
   Cheers   
   Fozzi   
      
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