[ladylib]

Several years ago, a school forbade dreadlocks because they said the kids could use them as weapons -- knocking out fellow students and teachers with a mere shake of the head. This type of crap is what makes people despise public schools and the ninnies who run them.

[185JHP]

I used to go to triple-features at a Chinese theater in L'enfant Plaza in D.C. There were some chop-sockey movies in which the warriors did serious damage with their topknots - but they had metal devices in their hair!