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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:05:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I happened to strike up a conversation with two jackbooted(1) police
> 1 - as in, that's what they were wearing, honest. Great big huge brown
> leather boots that went to their knees and were outside their pants,
> nightsticks, riot helmets, and guns.
All historical context aside, jackboots are pretty cool, and go a long way
towards a sharp-looking uniform.
It's an interesting (though mostly unreasolvable) question wether they had
the jackboots in spite of, or because of, historical context.
<snipped some good advice about behavior in strange places>
James
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| (...) Are they actually called jackboots? That is, I can't imagine walking into the shoestore and saying "I'd like to buy some boots with a lot of historical context--give me some jackboots." Or is there a more "official" name? Dave! (26 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I'm not James, of course, but I was warned about being in downtown Seattle ( by the fish market, the area where the monorail lets out, etc) late at night. I happened to *be* downtown late at night soon after, and there were a lot of people (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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