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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
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To: Pro-Bush
The disgusting part is that they would have imprisoned the old man if he had kept the sword.

Liberals are evil.
2 posted on 04/29/2003 11:08:53 PM PDT by moyden2000
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"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:

  1. A samurai sword
  2. An automobile
  3. A butcher's knife
  4. A snowblower
  5. A brick
  6. A shovel
  7. All of the above

3 posted on 04/29/2003 11:13:28 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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!

11 posted on 04/30/2003 12:03:37 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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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
17 posted on 04/30/2003 5:27:10 AM PDT by SpartacusII
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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 (Clever argument cannot convince Reality -- Carl Jung)
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