Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 09 Dec 2005

 SA>  GP> As I already said to them, I don't HAVE my wallet, so my sudden
 SA>  GP> reach is probably well to be interpreted as dangerous! *G*

 SA> Unless they think you are bipolar & have forgotten to take your meds.
 SA> I guess the sky marshalls in Florida had little choice but to shoot
 SA> to kill, given that he claimed to have a bomb & was reaching into his
 SA> bag, or so it is reported.

 GP> "or so it is reported". . .

 GP> That's so much a better report to give to one's superiors & the
 GP> press/etc. than "whoops, I thought that pear he was eating for
 GP> lunch was a grenade, so I fired 40 rounds into his head, then
 GP> reloaded and emptied another banana clip into his torso!"

I have since read a number of reports of the Florida shooting that
throw doubt on claims that the deceased mentioned having a bomb;
shades of the London Tube shooting.

Cheers, Steve..

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