[Infowarrior] - Fwd: The War On Toner Cartridges

[Richard Forno]

(c/o Anonymous)

Begin forwarded message:

> <http://julesandjames.blogspot.com/2010/11/war-on-toner-cartridges.html>
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> Tuesday, November 02, 2010
> War on toner cartridges
> Once again proving that life is far stranger than fiction...
> 
> Unbelievable as it may sound, following the recent bomb attempt, there really is a ban on carrying toner cartridges in hand baggage.
> 
> It's like a crazy mix of Simon Says meets 1984 meets Viz:
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> Bin Laden says...
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>    * Take off your belt
>    * Throw away your nail scissors
>    * Take off your shoes
>    * Throw away your toothpaste and shampoo
>    * Show us your genitals (after this)
> 
> And now...
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>    * Throw away your printer toner cartridge
> 
> I mean really, WTF? Is the British public so gobsmackingly stupid, the press so craven and cowardly, and the politicians so...despicably political, that this is going to go through on the nod? Just so we can all agree that Something has been Done?
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> I do pity the poor person who until this day has religiously carried a spare printer toner cartridge in his carry-on baggage for every trip, just in case he ran out while on holiday. Whoever he is, he'll be gutted that the terrorists didn't use...I dunno, a camera? An airconditioner? A box? Anything other than a toner cartridge!
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