Where is balance Academic priorities 314

Casper H.S. Dik

Stainless steel cutlery on all international flights to-from the US is of course nice, however it really doesn't matter at all when you consider that all airlines gladly sell you fireplant-making gear while onboard:

High-proof Jamaica Rum, plus a regular (linen or cotton) napkin plus a match == Molotov chickentail, right?

Besides, who needs a sharp knife when a broken whiskey bottle is handy?

Terje

PS. Here in Norway they've also made it illegal to carry knifes around downtown, unless they are part of some form of uniform.

I.e. when wearing my traditional Telemark costume, the richly decorated knife is OK, and all my scouts can wear their knives as long as they also wear at least the scout's scarf. :-)

The strange part here is that traditionally, Norway has been so dependent upon hunting & fishing (only 2.6% of the country is even potentially arable, according to the CIA Fact book), that we never even considered stuff like this to be weapons:

Shotguns were unregistered and available to anyone over 16, while all Home Guard members, plus all reserve officers in all service branches would keep their full basic kit, including their AG3 (Heckler & Koch ?) full auto rifle at home. It made Norway to most heavily armed country in the world, alongside Switzerland.

About 10-15 years ago several military storage bunkers were broken into and rifles, machine guns and hand grenades etc stolen from them. The knee-jerk reaction was to force almost all Home Guard-Reserve Officer personell to hand over their rifles & ammo, even though theft of military weapons from private residences had never been a problem. :-(

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