Monday, March 15

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The Volokh Conspiracy reports on a proposed law to ban swords here in Australia.

What they fail to mention is that this is a state law, not a federal one, and it is being proposed in Victoria, which has an even worse case of the Nanny State Syndrome than New South Wales (where I live).

And New South Wales bans fireworks (But then, I understand a number of U.S. states do to.)

Left or right, these miserable regulate-everything politicians are a blight on the nation. Bring back the small-government conservatives!

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1 Fireworks are a weird situation here in my little corner of the universe. Anything but sparklers, crackers and fountains are technically illegal in this county. Yet we can (and do) drive an hour in almost any direction and buy all we want. July 4th around here has some amazing neighborhood fireworks shows, some *cough* ours *cough* lasting hours and including everything up to near professional-level shells and bursts. Usually a group of neighbors chip in together and drive west, returning with huge amounts of flamey boomy fun. I've never seen the ban enforced.

Posted by: Ted at Monday, March 15 2004 11:56 AM (ZjSa7)

2 Unfortunately I'd have to drive a lot further than that...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Monday, March 15 2004 12:21 PM (+S1Ft)

3 Ban Swords? How... Meiji Restorationist of them.

Posted by: Patrick Chester at Tuesday, March 16 2004 10:08 PM (MKaa5)

4 Heh. I hadn't thought of that.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, March 16 2004 11:58 PM (kOqZ6)

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