Comments on: Denver: zero tolerance for misfit toys http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/ History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Sun, 19 May 2013 00:04:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Matt L http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748583 Matt L Fri, 03 Dec 2010 21:51:56 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748583 I second Comrade PhysioProf's conclusions. I motion that we adjourn to the bar for martinis or Manhattans to discuss further the problem of outlaw toy robots. I second Comrade PhysioProf’s conclusions. I motion that we adjourn to the bar for martinis or Manhattans to discuss further the problem of outlaw toy robots.

]]> By: Comrade PhysioProf http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748568 Comrade PhysioProf Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:19:20 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748568 If we outlaw toy robots, only outlaws will have toy robots. If we outlaw toy robots, only outlaws will have toy robots.

]]> By: ga http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748202 ga Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:42:21 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748202 I'm sorry to hear that you "hate Denver." That is the only possible explanation for your reaction to this. I, for one, am scared to death about this new weapon of terror and recognize that "everything has changed." I know in my house we will be cancelling Christmas. Sure, toys are fun but even if we discount the unfortunate penchant robots have for becoming sentient we now have to recognize that they are also bombs. First its robots, next Barbie, Ken and GI Joe will be "packin' plastique" Be afraid. Be very afraid! I’m sorry to hear that you “hate Denver.” That is the only possible explanation for your reaction to this. I, for one, am scared to death about this new weapon of terror and recognize that “everything has changed.”

I know in my house we will be cancelling Christmas. Sure, toys are fun but even if we discount the unfortunate penchant robots have for becoming sentient we now have to recognize that they are also bombs. First its robots, next Barbie, Ken and GI Joe will be “packin’ plastique”

Be afraid. Be very afraid!

]]> By: Historiann http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748192 Historiann Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:43:28 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748192 Mark and Fratguy--take a look at the photo of the doll (it's in the linked Denver Post article). There's no way that thing could have 20 cubic inches of anything inside it! Mark and Fratguy–take a look at the photo of the doll (it’s in the linked Denver Post article). There’s no way that thing could have 20 cubic inches of anything inside it!

]]> By: Digger http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748187 Digger Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:09:30 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748187 Rustonite, this reminded me exactly of that. Art has always been suspect, though. Rustonite, this reminded me exactly of that.

Art has always been suspect, though.

]]> By: Fratguy http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748186 Fratguy Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:58:09 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748186 Mark, Go to roughly the 1 minute mark on this video to see what 20 cubic inches of C4 will do. On the other hand, if the TSA can determine, in less than a minute, if I have handled explosives somewhere in the distant past, can't the bomb squad, or its robot proxies, do the same with a poor doll (uh, I mean ACTION FIGURE) in situ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5PFPeyytQ Mark,
Go to roughly the 1 minute mark on this video to see what 20 cubic inches of C4 will do. On the other hand, if the TSA can determine, in less than a minute, if I have handled explosives somewhere in the distant past, can’t the bomb squad, or its robot proxies, do the same with a poor doll (uh, I mean ACTION FIGURE) in situ.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq5PFPeyytQ

]]> By: rustonite http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748178 rustonite Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:06:20 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748178 not a new result. do you remember this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare not a new result. do you remember this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare

]]> By: Mark K. http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748173 Mark K. Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:24:15 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748173 "How much plastique (or whatever) could you really pack into a toy that’s only EIGHT INCHES tall?" Somewhere in the ballpark of 20 cubic inches, it seems to me. Information about the explosive force of different quantities of plastic explosives seems to require some digging to get to--and I'm a little nervous about doing too much bomb searching on the open web... “How much plastique (or whatever) could you really pack into a toy that’s only EIGHT INCHES tall?”

Somewhere in the ballpark of 20 cubic inches, it seems to me.

Information about the explosive force of different quantities of plastic explosives seems to require some digging to get to–and I’m a little nervous about doing too much bomb searching on the open web…

]]> By: Indyanna http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748153 Indyanna Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:38:16 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748153 Those rock-'em, sock-'em robots (tm) remind me a lot of the vintage 1980s "Bumbling Boxers" game that I gave my bro-in-law one holiday season back in the days of Big Country and Men at Work. We couldn't stop winding them up and playing with them, even when the Rose Bowl went into a third overtime! Why would anyone want to get on an airliner when you could go to a post-holidays Toys R Us blowout sale and get enough "stuff" to paralyze the whole country and use up that winter's snow plowing budget on SWAT overtime? The TRRSTS win here, I think. Those rock-’em, sock-’em robots ™ remind me a lot of the vintage 1980s “Bumbling Boxers” game that I gave my bro-in-law one holiday season back in the days of Big Country and Men at Work. We couldn’t stop winding them up and playing with them, even when the Rose Bowl went into a third overtime! Why would anyone want to get on an airliner when you could go to a post-holidays Toys R Us blowout sale and get enough “stuff” to paralyze the whole country and use up that winter’s snow plowing budget on SWAT overtime? The TRRSTS win here, I think.

]]> By: Dickens Reader http://www.historiann.com/2010/12/02/denver-zero-tolerance-for-misfit-toys/comment-page-1/#comment-748152 Dickens Reader Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:37:34 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/?p=13433#comment-748152 These are mad times we are living in. These are mad times we are living in.

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