Kevin Gowen wrote:
> John W. wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> Not that there's anything wrong with that.
> 

You can thank Larry Flynt for that.