mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> necoandjeff <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote:
> 
>><mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote in message
>>news:cjat96$gdq$12@news.Stanford.EDU...
> 
> 
>>>>>(BTW, do you know they actually SELL pocketknives in Japan? If you ever
>>>>>visit the country, check it out.)
>>>
>>>>Ah, so if you can buy it, it is legal? Cool!!
>>>
>>>At these things called "stores"; Japan is very ultra-modern, ya know.
> 
> 
>>Yes, I've also seen stores that sell shin-ken. But that doesn't mean that
>>just anyone can walk in, buy one and then carry it around in public
>>though...
> 
> 
> Given that they're sold as "pocketknives", and typically people put them
> in pockets (and, as was pointed out by both Syrn and myself) you could
> actually carry them onto planes prior to 9/11), it would seem the
> Japanese have less of an issue with this than you or others pretend.

Once I was going through security and the lady put her hands down my pants.

Oh boy!

- Kevin