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- From: cbwierda@ar14darlrk.er.usgs.gov (Clark B. Wierda)
- Subject: Re: Boskone
- In-Reply-To: obrien@AERO.ORG's message of 6 Jan 93 20:41:51 GMT
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 18:18:42 GMT
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- In article <199301062041.AA28939@aerospace.aero.org> obrien@AERO.ORG (Mike O'Brien) writes:
- >From the Boskone Progress Report:
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- >>Boskone Weapons Policy
- >>
- >>As is standard at most conventions, no weapon, or anything that looks like
- >>a weapon, is allowed at Boskone at any time. This includes clubs,
- >>quarterstaves, wizard's staves, lasers, squirt guns, toy zap guns, or
- >>anything else that resembles a weapon. If you violate this rule you will be
- >>asked to leave the convention.
-
- >If banning wizard's staves is standard at most conventions it's news to me.
- >Far as I can tell this is unique to Boskone. It's too bad, but not as bad
- >as it might be, because Boskone, unlike most conventions, has a reputation
- >among some fans, at least, as being boring.
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- >Mike O'Brien
-
- Yet another reason to avoid Boskone all together.
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