In Training: Don't bring back sharp pointy things

Or we could all die.

-- "As part of a year-long anti-violence campaign, police and customs have joined forces with airport operator BAA Scotland to highlight the issue. Every year Scots fail to heed the warnings and bring back potentially lethal weapons."

It would seem to me that instead of confiscating "potentially" harmful souvenirs, you might want to invest in some nice mental health facilities, or even possibly a nice educational program on how not to be an angry scummy violent person.

-- "Assistant Chief Constable John Neilson, the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (Acpos) spokesman on violence reduction, said it was important to make the distinction between a holiday souvenir and an offensive weapon."

I'm glad the government is here to help me with that, I'm not quite sure what my new shiny set of kitchen knives is capable of. And here I thought they were for cooking, I'm so embarrased.

-- "He said: "Although these weapons may be readily available while you're abroad, when you get home they are classed as offensive weapons."

Oh. Okay. So it's just y'all that classify whatever you see fit, whenever you see fit. To continue cultivating a culture of fear. And lots of innocent dead / maimed people. Gee, now I'm just embarrased FOR y'all.

-- "Most people do not intend any harm when they buy them and simply see them as a holiday souvenir - but if they get into the wrong hands, they could prove fatal."

Translation: Our people aren't smart enough to do anything correctly. And they hang out with the bad crowd. All of them.

-- "AnnMarie Symes, senior officer of HM Revenue & Customs at Glasgow Airport, said: "HMRC helps to protect society from the threat of bladed weapons in the same way that it tackles drugs offences, by stopping the importations as they come into the country. We are very much alive [heh, alive - what a nice thing to be, interesting choice of word - Kath] to the risk of the illegal importation of bladed weapons and other prohibitions in carrying out our frontier control activity at ports and airports throughout Scotland."

Derek Provan, head of security at Glasgow Airport, urged passengers to heed the safety advice and consider the consequences of carrying offensive weapons.

"Hopefully this campaign will dissuade travellers from making what could be a costly mistake," he said.

Under current legislation, those found in possession of offensive weapons in Scotland can face sentences of up to four years imprisonment."

Four years if you carry a knife to protect yourself. I just have this creeping suspicion that I'm not going to have any friends in the UK. I can't even begin to tell you how many "lethal weapons" are in my house right now. You name it, we've got it. It's funny though, because I've never ever had the urge to hurt somebody... maybe I'm missing something.

At any rate, it's a good thing Royal hasn't flown into Scotland in the last 2 years, I think he's probably taken no less than 10 knives back to England from here in that time.

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Let's think this through; Scotland is known for what: hagis, oatmeal, and whiskey. Claymores. Maybe keeping sharp pointy things out of their hands is a good thing?

Posted by: the big mamoo | July 14, 2006 at 02:44 PM