Kevin Gowen wrote:
> 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!
> 
I think I read about that in Penthouse.

John W.