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- Subject: Re: Boskone
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- From: seawasp@vm2.cis.pitt.edu (Sea Wasp)
- Date: 8 Jan 93 12:27:41 GMT
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- References: <199301062041.AA28939@aerospace.aero.org> <C0IAo3.Fy@knot.ccs.queensu.ca>
- Organization: University of Pittsburgh
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- In article <C0IAo3.Fy@knot.ccs.queensu.ca> polowin@chem.queensu.ca (Joel Polowin) writes:
- >In article <199301062041.AA28939@aerospace.aero.org> obrien@AERO.ORG (Mike O'Brien) writes:
- >>>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
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- [...]
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- >>If banning wizard's staves is standard at most conventions it's news to me.
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- >If it CAN be used as a weapon, it IS a weapon. Any and all objects which
- >can be used to harm someone in any way must be left in the room.
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- I can kill or injure with my bare hands, clothing, wire, combs,
- straps, belts... So I guess all con-goers are going to next be required to
- come nude, and chop off their extremities too, and wear muzzles?
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- Why not simply require that PEOPLE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS
- and let them pay the price....
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- Sea Wasp
- /^\
- ;;;
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