[HPforGrownups] Christmas traditions elsewhere (OT)

[Simon Biber]

No: HPFGUIDX 7076

It's not very _much_ gunpowder, certainly nothing too dangerous.

Surely you have other kids stuff with gunpowder? Like party poppers (pull
the string and shoot streamers everywhere), or cap guns?

Simon.

----- Original Message -----
From: "wren lanier" <wren at thejunkbox.com>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 5:39 AM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] Christmas traditions elsewhere (OT)


> not to continue the american-bashing here (since i am one, after all), but
> can any of you other Americans imagine having party-favors with GUNPOWDER
in
> them?!?!?
>
> i'm sure all manner of federal agencies would want to regulate them, and
the
> NRA would declare them Constitutionally protected under the "pursuit of
> happiness" clause and fight regulation efforts tooth and nail, all the
while
> sadistic little sociopaths are emptying the contents into homemade
> pipe-bombs and downloading nefarious plans from the Internet.
>
> sigh.  how can we deign to "police" the world when we can't even be
trusted
> with Christmas crackers!!!
>
> seriously though, what if Wal-Mart started selling exploding bon-bons
> tomorrow? i'm sure rosie o' donnell would have a seecial expose about the
> dangers to children (i assume, of course, that these things are safe since
> they are so popular in other countries.  that ever stopped american
hysteria
> before though), and congressmen would demand hearings on the issue, and
we'd
> have a whole new mess to suffer through on the cable news channels.
>
> sometimes i hate being an american.  there's no fun in it.
>
> wren
>