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2002-05-23 Home Front

Beavis, Butthead convicted in Sacramento

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-05-23 08:58 am|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Well, Propane's a chemical, ain't it?

Posted by Hermetic 2002-05-23 12:54:34|| 2002-05-23 12:54:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Can I say: These guys weren't rocket scientists?

;-) Mary Lu

Posted by Mary Wehmeier 2002-05-23 14:17:19|| [radio.weblogs.com/0100243/] 2002-05-23 14:17:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Actualy, the California legal code is more flexible on that point, Fred.

11417. (a) For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Weapon of mass destruction" includes chemical warfare agents, weaponized biological or biologic warfare agents, nuclear agents, radiological agents, or the intentional release of industrial agents as a weapon.

Granted that last probably was intended to refer to, say, dumping bleach into a reservoir or whatnot. But I bet it's the loophole they drove this truck through.

Posted by lakefxdan 2002-05-23 15:32:14|| [www.lakefx.nu/] 2002-05-23 15:32:14|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd guess it is. I tend to go with the military definition; I'd have to check my notes, but in all the tedious hours of CBR training I ever went through, nobody ever mentioned propane. I'd guess that the original intent would have to do with the intentional release of caustic or poisonous substances into water supplies, or dumping chlorine on a residential area from the air, which would kinda push it into the chemical category. But propane's not there, no matter how explosive it is. My back goes up at the beauzeaux who push to expand the meaning to anything they don't like, even if I don't like it, either.

Posted by Fred 2002-05-23 15:56:34|| 2002-05-23 15:56:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Dan, if you "dump bleach into a resivoir", all you'll do is kill a few fish. Care to guess what the city uses to disinfect your drinking water right now?

Posted by Anonymous 2002-05-24 05:27:01|| 2002-05-24 05:27:01|| Front Page Top

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