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"CyberDroog" |
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02 Sep 2004 03:14:16 PM |
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L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
From The Liberator Online:
L.A. City Council Bans "Silly String"
YOU'LL GET MY SILLY STRING WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGERS!
No, we haven't seen that bumper sticker yet. But it may be coming soon.
On August 17, the Los Angeles city council voted to outlaw the use of
"silly string" on Halloween.
Yes, silly string -- that gooey, brightly-colored, string-like aerosol foam
that kids, party goers and other celebrants spray on each other.
Hey, stop laughing! This is a serious matter.
Just ask Councilman Tom LaBonge, sponsor of the ban.
"It's not silly at all," he told critics. Indeed, LaBonge says the ban is
about serious stuff like stopping violence and protecting the environment.
The use of silly string, LaBonge and the anti-string forces say, sometimes
starts fights at Halloween parties. "People get a little crazed at the end
of the evening, and they shoot the spray into each other's faces,"
explained a spokeswoman for LaBonge.
(Which suggests a second bumper sticker: SILLY STRING DOESN'T START FIGHTS
-- PEOPLE DO.)
And some environmentalists charge that the stuff isn't biodegradable, and
when it drains from (government-owned) streets into the ocean, it harms
marine life.
LaBonge's fellow commissioners hailed the ban and voted 10-0 in favor. The
council now must approve the ordinance one more time for it to become law.
Violators will face fines of up to $1,000.
Of course, the Halloween ban is only the opening round.
As Councilman Bernard Parks told a local TV station: "We have the same
problem during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade and a variety of open
events that create a major clean-up problem once the event is over. I would
like to see if we could expand this."
First Halloween, then… every day? First Los Angeles, then... the rest of
America?
Get those bumper stickers ready.
WHEN SILLY STRING IS OUTLAWED, ONLY CRIMINALS AND GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
SILLY STRING.
(Sources: Reuters:
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26609.asp
NBC4TV:
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3661058/detail.html )
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DISCUSSION, n. A method of confirming others in their errors.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
02 Sep 2004 04:52:40 PM |
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*giggle* I heard about this not long ago.... it *is* rather silly.
Although, it's hard on janitors, who ultimately have to clean it up.
As for hte environmental claims, I wonder if anyone presented data
from a study.... I have a problem with making claims that can't be
backed up.
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
02 Sep 2004 07:24:57 PM |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
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Get those bumper stickers ready.
WHEN SILLY STRING IS OUTLAWED, ONLY CRIMINALS AND GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
SILLY STRING.
It's un-American too I expect. Otherwise there would be a clause in the
constitution about the right to bear silly string.
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
03 Sep 2004 09:08:21 AM |
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 01:24:57 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
snip
Get those bumper stickers ready.
WHEN SILLY STRING IS OUTLAWED, ONLY CRIMINALS AND GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
SILLY STRING.
It's un-American too I expect. Otherwise there would be a clause in the
constitution about the right to bear silly string.
Maybe they could just make people register their silly string... But then
L.A. tried that with "assault weapons" years ago and so far only about 2%
of the estimated number have been registered.
That might have something to do with the courts ruling that criminals don't
have to register firearms... because that would be self-incrimination. But
still, the laws are necessary to keep all those pesky law-abiding people at
bay.
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He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from
oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that
will reach to himself.
- Thomas Paine
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
03 Sep 2004 02:13:52 PM |
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 14:08:21 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 01:24:57 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
snip
Get those bumper stickers ready.
WHEN SILLY STRING IS OUTLAWED, ONLY CRIMINALS AND GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
SILLY STRING.
It's un-American too I expect. Otherwise there would be a clause in the
constitution about the right to bear silly string.
Maybe they could just make people register their silly string... But then
L.A. tried that with "assault weapons" years ago and so far only about 2%
of the estimated number have been registered.
That might have something to do with the courts ruling that criminals don't
have to register firearms... because that would be self-incrimination. But
still, the laws are necessary to keep all those pesky law-abiding people at
bay.
When the drink-driving laws were being beefed up in this country a few
years ago, someone tried to point out that if 20% of road accidents
involved drunken drivers, then it would be more sense to ban /sober/
drivers, as they were causing 80% of the accidents ... but logic has never
been understood by politicians.
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| User: "dennis" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
02 Sep 2004 02:06:47 PM |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
so? are they going to outlaw toilet paper too?
From The Liberator Online:
L.A. City Council Bans "Silly String"
YOU'LL GET MY SILLY STRING WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD FINGERS!
No, we haven't seen that bumper sticker yet. But it may be coming soon.
On August 17, the Los Angeles city council voted to outlaw the use of
"silly string" on Halloween.
Yes, silly string -- that gooey, brightly-colored, string-like aerosol foam
that kids, party goers and other celebrants spray on each other.
Hey, stop laughing! This is a serious matter.
Just ask Councilman Tom LaBonge, sponsor of the ban.
"It's not silly at all," he told critics. Indeed, LaBonge says the ban is
about serious stuff like stopping violence and protecting the environment.
The use of silly string, LaBonge and the anti-string forces say, sometimes
starts fights at Halloween parties. "People get a little crazed at the end
of the evening, and they shoot the spray into each other's faces,"
explained a spokeswoman for LaBonge.
(Which suggests a second bumper sticker: SILLY STRING DOESN'T START FIGHTS
-- PEOPLE DO.)
And some environmentalists charge that the stuff isn't biodegradable, and
when it drains from (government-owned) streets into the ocean, it harms
marine life.
LaBonge's fellow commissioners hailed the ban and voted 10-0 in favor. The
council now must approve the ordinance one more time for it to become law.
Violators will face fines of up to $1,000.
Of course, the Halloween ban is only the opening round.
As Councilman Bernard Parks told a local TV station: "We have the same
problem during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade and a variety of open
events that create a major clean-up problem once the event is over. I would
like to see if we could expand this."
First Halloween, then… every day? First Los Angeles, then... the rest of
America?
Get those bumper stickers ready.
WHEN SILLY STRING IS OUTLAWED, ONLY CRIMINALS AND GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE
SILLY STRING.
(Sources: Reuters:
http://www.enn.com/news/2004-08-19/s_26609.asp
NBC4TV:
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3661058/detail.html )
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
02 Sep 2004 06:35:16 PM |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:06:47 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
so? are they going to outlaw toilet paper too?
ewwwww that would be really bad for our business.
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "dennis" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
03 Sep 2004 12:03:26 PM |
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:35:16 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:06:47 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
so? are they going to outlaw toilet paper too?
ewwwww that would be really bad for our business.
what business?
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
03 Sep 2004 07:56:18 PM |
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:03:26 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:35:16 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:06:47 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
so? are they going to outlaw toilet paper too?
ewwwww that would be really bad for our business.
what business?
janitorial
wombn, brandishes her toilet brush
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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| User: "dennis" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
03 Sep 2004 06:42:04 PM |
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On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:56:18 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:03:26 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:35:16 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:06:47 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
so? are they going to outlaw toilet paper too?
ewwwww that would be really bad for our business.
what business?
janitorial
wombn, brandishes her toilet brush
oh goody! will you clean my house?
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: L.A. City Council Addresses The Real Issues... |
05 Sep 2004 02:08:02 PM |
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On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 23:42:04 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:56:18 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:03:26 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 23:35:16 GMT, wombn <wombnhearmeroar@comcast.net>
wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 19:06:47 +0000, dennis <later@notnow.net> wrote:
On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:14:16 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
so? are they going to outlaw toilet paper too?
ewwwww that would be really bad for our business.
what business?
janitorial
wombn, brandishes her toilet brush
oh goody! will you clean my house?
hahahahaha!
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And yet, somehow, I'm considered far right wing...
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=2.75&Y=0.46
This, otoh, is an extremist:
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-8.62&Y=-7.64
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