1996-07-30 - Re: what’s a weapon? (fwd)

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From: “Wayne H. Allen” <whallen@capitalnet.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)
Message Hash: 1040cc015c457f25eaa80f338247ff34a694c71e0c06a5787efd98710d84119c
Message ID: <199607300157.VAA12459@ginger.capitalnet.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-30 04:28:44 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 12:28:44 +0800

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From: "Wayne H. Allen" <whallen@capitalnet.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 12:28:44 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)
Subject: Re: what's a weapon? (fwd)
Message-ID: <199607300157.VAA12459@ginger.capitalnet.com>
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At 13:33 96.07.29 -0400, David Lesher wrote:
>------- Forwarded Message
>
>Drawing an analogy with encryption and US ITAR, a poster reported that
>A piper is being taken to court for practicing on Hampstead Heath,
>which has a by-law forbidding music. Mr Brooks, the piper, has denied
>the charge. He claims he wasn't playing a musical instrument, but
>practicing with a weapon. In 1746 in England, bagpipes were declared to
>be instruments of war, not musical weapons, and a subsequent Act of
>Parliament specifically stated that they were weapons.
>
>>

    If you have ever heard the pipes being practiced you'll know why.
Wayne H.Allen
whallen@capitalnet.com
Pgp key at www.capitalnet.com/~whallen






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