On Sat, 29 Jun 1996, jim bell wrote:

At 01:01 PM 6/29/96 -0700, Michael Myers wrote:

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Perry E. Metzger wrote: | vinnie moscaritolo writes: | > >>>Mr Brooks, the piper, (...) | > >>>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

Of course...when bagpipes are outlawed...

Do you mean the FULL-AUTO "Assault Bagpipes," the ones that produce more than one "toot" per blow? Or the more "responsible" (but still dangerous!) semi-auto bagpipes, where you have to blow each time you want a toot.

I understand that, even now, the Government is testing nuclear powered bagpipes (NPB's), unmanned ariel bagpipes (UAB's), and highly classified inter-continental bagpipe delivery systems (IBDS's). Can this be the end of civilization as we know it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Just as the strength of the Internet is |Mark Aldrich | |chaos, so the strength of our liberty |GRCI INFOSEC Engineering | |depends upon the chaos and cacophony of |maldrich@grci.com | |the unfettered speech the First Amendment|MAldrich@dockmaster.ncsc.mil | |protects - District Judge Stewart Dalzell| | |_______________________________________________________________________| |The author is PGP Empowered. Public key at: finger maldrich@grci.com | | The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the author | | and my employer gets no credit for them whatsoever. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------