From: GRABOW_GEOFFREY@tandem.com
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 00:58:12 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Bomb information ban
Message-ID: <199410040057.AA21305@comm.Tandem.COM>
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>    Toronto (Canada) city council is debating a by-law to ban informatio
>on bomb construction.  This after one of the council members was mailed
>a faulty (or fake) pipe-bomb.  Rough quote: ~This is different than the
>gun control issue because there is no valid use for bombs.~

    Bombs are used by building demolition teams, excavation workers and
(believe it or not) there are even a few artists who use explosives to
create their particular brand of art.  I won't even mention 4th of July
fireworks and the creators thereof.

    Granted, not many people fall into these catagories, but does that
mean that the rest of us are entirely un-interested in how they work.
A student of physics might be interested in the physics of a falling
building...  Okay, I reaching, but the possibility exists!

                                                     G.C.G.

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