[Christopher]

Because it was probably just a running bowline, or some other quick little slipknot someone threw together as a tagline, or to run a toolbag up to a higher deck.

But to some people, any rope with a loop in it is oppression and intimidation, for which the only remedy is severe monetary compensation.

[mass55th]

According to liberals, the making of any knot, using any material, should be outlawed, even neckties.