{"id":3606,"date":"2002-10-19T09:17:42","date_gmt":"2002-10-19T14:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2002-10-19T09:17:42","modified_gmt":"2002-10-19T14:17:42","slug":"oh_that_knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/10\/19\/oh_that_knife.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh <i>that<\/i> knife &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, forgetting some sewing scissors is understandable (ahem).  A pen knife on a key chain is forgivable.  <\/p>\n<p>But a sword cane?  Or, better yet, forgetting that there&#8217;s <i>a frickin&#8217; gun <\/i>in your carry-on?  <a title=\"At Airports, No Farewell to Arms\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/nation\/la-na-weapons19oct19004431,0,4778479.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dnation%2Dmanual\">What are these people thinking<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>I have to say that, given this, the use of airport checkpoints, and the full staffing of same, makes even more sense.<\/p>\n<p>Yeesh.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2002_10_01_archive.html#85579533\">BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, forgetting some sewing scissors is understandable (ahem). A pen knife on a key chain is forgivable. But a sword cane? 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