Funny/Interesting: June 2005 Archives

Echoing the sentiments of my good friend John: It would have saved me so much trouble to have had this growing up.

I just heard about an interesting story on the AP wire today that wonders

At a time when the U.S. is tightening its borders, how could a man toting a bloody chain saw be allowed to enter the country?

The answer is, easily. A man carrying “a homemade sword, a hatchet, a knife, brass knuckles and a chain saw stained by what appeared to be blood” was permitted to enter the US from Canada in April. The border guards confiscated his weapons but failed to detain him because “Being bizarre is not a reason to keep somebody out of this country…” Adding, “We are governed by laws and regulations, and he did not violate any regulations.” The man subsequently murdered two people, stabbing them to death and decapitating one victim, leaving his head in a pillow case under a kitchen table.

Do you think that if this guy hadn’t white he would still have gotten in to the US? Probably not. I can hear the civil liberties groups clashing with the border patrol now if this guy had been, say of Arab origin, and been stopped.