17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
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