Detective Superintendent Ward added: "The man is now in his 80s and lives alone. He has no family and no descendants to leave the sword to.
That sucks!
1 posted on
04/29/2003 10:58:00 PM PDT by
Pro-Bush
To: Pro-Bush
The disgusting part is that they would have imprisoned the old man if he had kept the sword.
Liberals are evil.
To: Pro-Bush
"In the wrong hands this [item] would have been a lethal weapon. It could have inflicted horrific injuries." This statement can be plausibly applied to:
- A samurai sword
- An automobile
- A butcher's knife
- A snowblower
- A brick
- A shovel
- All of the above
To: Pro-Bush
Even though the sword was turned in by a war hero in his eighties, the police still had the sword tested forensically to see if it had been used to commit a crime.
It's a good thing no friends or visitors of the old man had ever accidentally cut themselves while handling the blade. The gentleman might have found himself finishing out his last few years in prison while the British bobbies scoured the countryside asking people for genetic samples of their blood.
6 posted on
04/29/2003 11:17:23 PM PDT by
SpyGuy
To: Pro-Bush
The really sad thing is that these idiots will probably have the sword melted down. They can't afford to have it get "in the wrong hands".
7 posted on
04/29/2003 11:20:23 PM PDT by
Myrddin
To: Pro-Bush
Detective Superintendent Stephen Ward said today: "In the wrong hands this sword would have been a lethal weapon."It wasn't in the wrong hands until he turned it in to you, you totalitarian idiot. My bet is that you were just a spoiled little brat, hiding behind your mommy's apron at the time that this dignified war hero was saving your arse from Hitler and Hirohito.
8 posted on
04/29/2003 11:24:27 PM PDT by
SpyGuy
To: Pro-Bush
This epoch in history as understood millenia from now will
be known as the time when "rational" nations participated in an
ill concieved notion that the confiscation and destruction of
priceless antiquities was justified in order to protect the
public at large from harming themselves with sharp objects.
10 posted on
04/29/2003 11:50:49 PM PDT by
SpaceBar
To: Pro-Bush
"... Detective Superintendent Ward added: "The man is now in his 80s and lives alone. He has no family and no descendants to leave the sword to." Uncle Nigel! It's me! Your long-lost American great nephew!
To: Pro-Bush
What a sad story! A truly interesting piece of history will probably be destroyed. The police should have told him to sell it to a reputable militaria dealer. I'm sure the old guy could have used the money. Or it could have been donated to a museum
To: Pro-Bush
He should have taken it back to Japan (assuming it is authentic).
They would appreciate it a lot more...
18 posted on
04/30/2003 5:34:06 AM PDT by
chilepepper
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