Damnit, Perry, the fact that you don't like them doesn't mean we should outlaw them! :) Adam Perry E. Metzger wrote: | vinnie moscaritolo writes: | > >>>A Missive From: David Kovar (kovar@nda.com) | [...] | > >>>Mr Brooks, the piper, has denied the charge, citing a case in 1746, | > >>>where bagpipes were declared to be instruments of war, not musical | > >>>instruments, and a subsequent Act of Parliament which specifically | > >>>stated that they were weapons. He claims he wasn't playing a musical | > >>>instrument, but practising with a weapon! | > >>> | > >>>The imagination boggles if his claim is successful! | | No one who has heard sustained bagpipe playing can deny the fact that | bagpipes are indeed an instrument of war, with no legitimate place in | peaceful everyday society. | | Perry | -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume