Wednesday 28 October 2009

Gimme That Old Time Religion…

A man carried a police-style baton, nunchucks and a ceremonial throwing knife because of his religious beliefs, a court heard.
Which might come as a bit of a surprise to practitioners of the world’s religions…
Fry was also charged with two further counts of possession of an offensive weapon, after being found with two sets of nunchucks and the knife at the same time on February 14 this year.

But those charges were dropped after the Crown Prosecution Service accepted he brought them out of the house by mistake, and owns them because they are part of his following of the pagan religion.
Funny. I’ve read quite a bit about the ancient and modern pagans, and never realised Bruce Lee was a practitioner!
Lynne Shirley, defending, said: “There is no suggestion he brandished these items, or he intended to use them dangerously. They are important to him as they are part of his paganism.

“He also uses the nun-chucks to strengthen his wrists.”
Strengthen them for what? Or shouldn’t we ask…?
Fry has adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, which makes it difficult for him to concentrate and leaves him particularly susceptible to stressful situations.
And I think we’d all agree that’s just the sort of person who ought to be allowed to carry nunchuks in the street….

3 comments:

Mark Wadsworth said...

Be fair, this chap probably is a bit nuts. I blame it on the Tories with their 'care in the community' penny pinching nonsense.

Fat Hen said...

My urban weapon of choice is the very legal, famous +10 Umbrella.

(see: http://www.real-self-defense.com/unbreakable_umbrella.html)

And, there is a whole collection of dual use everyday innocuous items that you can take along if you want to be armed effectively.

So dragging this guy to court over his measly toys...is a total waste of time and money.

Ps.: Strengthening your wrists is probably the best and most sensible use of nun-chucks, they look cool but are totally useless.

JuliaM said...

"I blame it on the Tories with their 'care in the community' penny pinching nonsense."

Yes, that was a total disaster.

"And, there is a whole collection of dual use everyday innocuous items that you can take along if you want to be armed effectively."

Ladies are particularly well-served, too, with sharp pointy combs, hair and perfume sprays, etc.. ;)

"Ps.: Strengthening your wrists is probably the best and most sensible use of nun-chucks, they look cool but are totally useless."

Quite 'I know, let's invent a weapon connected by chains that you can twirl round your head at speed. Nothing can go wrong there!'

That scene from 'Raiders...' springs to mind...