Lucky Green wrote:

I read in this morning's paper that in the wake of Diana's death, bills are being proposed to require licensing for the use of high powered telescopic lenses such as those used by celebrity photographers. Ignoring for a moment that such an act would make physical confrontation with said photographers even more likely, I note the similarity in language used to describe camera lenses to language used to describe certain firearms. Soon we will hear about the dangers of "assault lenses". The sheeple will eat it up.

For some reason this made me think of the thread containing light-bulb jokes, and some warped wit saying, "Sure, light bulb jokes are funny, until someone burns a retina..." Though I laughed my ass off, at the time, have things really begun to deteriorate so rapidly that I am justified in now wondering if there will be a "Light Bulb Joke Amendment" to the "Telescopic Lens Registration" legislation? TruthMonger