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  4. From: gurgle@netcom.com (Pete Gontier)
  5. Subject: Re: Registering "Assault Keys"
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov8.030704.3898@netcom.com>
  7. Organization: cellular
  8. References: <1992Oct28.235027.28039@netcom.com> <1992Oct30.033830.24244@netcom.com> <Bx26oC.LEK@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil>
  9. Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 03:07:04 GMT
  10. Lines: 20
  11.  
  12. perez@mgr.hjf.org (Charles Perez) writes:
  13.  
  14. >In article <1992Oct30.033830.24244@netcom.com> gurgle@netcom.com (Pete Gontier) writes:
  15. >>On the other hand, I don't think a seven-year-old boy is about
  16. >>to shoot his six-year-old sister with an encryption key because
  17. >>he didn't understand death.
  18.  
  19. >Or feed her Drano? Uh oh, it's time to start registering and regulating
  20. >assault drain-openers! :->
  21.  
  22. How many movies and cartoons have there been in the last few
  23. decades glorifying Drano? How many do you expect there to be?
  24. How likely do you think it might be that a child understands
  25. that Drano is a poison? The very reason you use it as an example
  26. is that children sometimes eat it because they *don't* know.
  27. So no, I don't think we should regulate Drano in that context.
  28. Pick another example. Try kitchen knives. I've got an answer
  29. for that one, too.
  30. -- 
  31.  Pete Gontier // EC Technology // gurgle@netcom.com
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