Flour
Posted on September 17th, 2009 –
Okay?
Just flour. Maybe bleached. Let’s say it is. And slightly lumpy.
If you chucked it in my face, that’d suck. If it got in my eyes, like happened to a high school vice-principal in June of this year, it would really suck. Could it do some longer term damage? I think it’s likely. But would you call it a weapon?
I know that legally, if it’s not your fist it’s a weapon, but it seems like a funny definition. Why not assault with an object? Does an object become a weapon the moment I pick it up to bash someone with? So if I were to fling cats at people, those cats would become weapons? Haha! Oliver would not want to stay in a police evidence baggie.
Laws is weird! :o
Hmm. I guess it kinda makes sense that laws would be a bit loopy. They’re put there by people who’ve listened to the most fucked up criminal trial shit day in day out for decades. Like the Rengel case. You remember:
Oh man — that doesn’t get any easier.
This is the teenager who coerced her boyfriend into killing another girl because she was jealous of her. She was tried and sentenced as an adult and the boyfriend, D.B., is on trial now. In his case, it’s going to be simply a matter of how much time he’ll get. The trial will just be going through the motions. And they’re deliberating whether or not to try him as an adult, meaning they’d release his identity as they did hers. Sure hope they do! I’m curious to see, aren’t you?
The other thing I’d be curious to see would be the plans for the proposed Loblaws supermarket / Ryerson hockey rink. Right. And not just some weird hybrid, but inside the hallowed halls of Maple Leaf Gardens, no less:
You may remember a few years back when Loblaws tried to buy the Gardens to make the building into another supermarket. I’m one of those odd Canadians who don’t follow hockey at all, but even I knew that that wouldn’t fly. After all, the Gardens are an institution. To have a university hockey team in there seems appropriate, but a supermarket… It just doesn’t sound like a way to popularize the idea of re-opening the place.
There’s also the problem of having all that flour (not to mention other baking supplies), near all that violence and with no laws.
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September 18th, 2009 4:31 am
Just thought I would say hello to a fellow Canuck. If you're in Toronto, then you have to be a Leafs fan. I write quite a bit about them during the season. Stop by for a visit.
Walt AKA All Sports on the Web
September 19th, 2009 1:30 am
Hey, Walt. Thanks for dropping by. About the Leafs, well, let’s just say I’m miffed that they’re not correctly called the Leaves. I expect a lynching at some point this winter.