Gun conversion info banne
Duncan Frissell
frissell at panix.com
Tue Feb 22 03:15:26 PST 1994
To: CYPHERPUNKS at toad.com
S.> Duncan Frissell <frissell at panix.com> writes:
S.>Then there's the time in the early '80s when the Consumer Products
S.>Safety
S.>Commission banned the "Button Book."
S.>
S.>Query:
S.> What pray is the "Button Book".
S.>
Readers may recall that many years ago, their parents gave them this book
that had, attached to its pages, all sorts of fastening devices. The
Button Book had cardboard pages with shoelaces, zippers, buttons, buckles
and all sorts of great stuff. Good training for fastening things. The
CPSC felt that the buttons were too easy to remove. The old "oh no your
book is dangerous it may kill my (stupid) kid."
The publisher didn't try a 1st Amendment defense. I don't know if they've
ever reissued.
DCF
Who survived to adulthood before the CPSC (as difficult as that may be to
believe).
--- WinQwk 2.0b#1165
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