Green laser dazzler arrested
Posted by Matthew on Tuesday February 1, 2005 @07:10PM
from the concerned-green-laser-pointer-user dept.
matthew writes: Police in New Jersey have announced that they have arrested New Jersey pizza deliveryman and on-line fanfic website operator Hal Jordan for shining a green laser into the cockpit of aircraft.
Wearing a green and yellow spandex costume and ranting insanely (and in the third person) that “Parallax used Hal’s ring to take over his mind at his weakest moment. So Parallax has remained in Hal influencing and controlling him. Even the Spectre is not powerful enough to stop it. Parallax takes over the Spectre and Hal’s spirit.”
“Stop! Agent’s of Spectre are flying that craft! I must stop them before the Sun-Eater returns! Stop!”
Subject:No Subject Given
Green Lasers are no laughing matter! Because of the actions of a few individuals, our liberties could be taken away! Join http://www.nglpa.org now!
Comment by NGLPA.org — February 3, 2005 @ 10:40 am
Subject:Re: No Laughing Matter
Everything is a laughing matter. Loved the site, by the way. Are you planning on starting one for red lasers too?
Comment by matthew — February 3, 2005 @ 10:23 pm
Subject:Re: No Laughing Matter
I've thought about it, but I can't even drum up enough interest in this one to keep it going.. Apparently green lasers aren't enough of a laughing matter.
It figures, the one time when you want the media to keep beating a subject to death, they drop it like Courtney Love's top!
Comment by NGLPA.org — February 4, 2005 @ 8:21 am
Subject:Re: No Laughing Matter
Hm. Perhaps you should take more of a broad spectrum approach, so to speak. Have you considered a general laser-rights advocacy site that is open to all colors and doesn't discriminate based on wavelength? You could expand NGLPA into a PAC that advocated for all laser colors and purposes–more of an NLA than an NGLPA. Then you could make the point that if these actually *are* weapons, then they're certainly covered under the 2nd amendment, and if they *are not* weapons then they shouldn't be banned.
Comment by Matthew — February 7, 2005 @ 6:17 pm
Subject:Re: No Laughing Matter
Alas. It seems he's figured out that satire means subtle ridicule.
Comment by Matthew — February 24, 2005 @ 12:30 am