It's a shame Rudakubana had not figured out the refinement process for the ricin. That would have been a self-solving problem. I know how to make ricin, and it is INCREDIBLY dangerous to make in a home laboratory. If one inhales so much as a few specks of the dust that arises from it during manufacture, then that person is a dead man walking. There is no known antidote for it.
When I found out how to make it, I realized that I had a jar full to the brim of the raw main ingredient sitting on a shelf, and that scared the absolute crap out of me. I never even took the lid off that jar again. It got deposited at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft 40 years ago or so, still sealed. Archaeologists may find it 5000 years from now, if they're lucky, but it'll never be seen again before that. That stuff ain't no joke.
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Those "zombie knives" look like a bad idea for a joke. From their appearance, they have absolutely NO practical use, and I'm very sure that a zombie would eat you before you could ever get just one zombie killed with one of them, much less a horde of zombies, as they are known to travel in!
I have to wonder if swords are illegal in the UK. I know they're illegal in Ireland to possess or even own, much less carry, but I have no idea if the UK government has yet gotten around to banning them. There is no doubt in my mind that the hooligans will eventually turn to swords when all else is banned if they are not banned there.
It'll be Medieval World all over again!
What about appliance electrical cords? Those are pretty dangerous, too, and have been known to be useful in killing folks. Has the UK banned those yet?
The fact is, they can ban whatever they want, and the hooligans will still find ways to off people. I have an idea - maybe start giving the hooligans themselves permanent dirt naps instead of trying to figure out what they're going to try to kill you with next, and banning that item. If you permanently solve the hooligan's problem, then it's, well, permanent. That guy won't be killing anyone ever again.
I know, I know - it';s way too simplistic to just go straight to the source and take it out before it takes you out. I'm just a simple man, with a simple mind, not politician caliber at all. That's why the politicians get paid the big bucks. They are smart enough to figure out complicated, convoluted, intricate and detailed "solutions" to stuff that never really solve anything, thereby keeping themselves employed.
It's a form of job security, really, this ability to appear to solve problems while simultaneously insuring that the problems never,ever really get solved.
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When I found out how to make it, I realized that I had a jar full to the brim of the raw main ingredient sitting on a shelf, and that scared the absolute crap out of me. I never even took the lid off that jar again. It got deposited at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft 40 years ago or so, still sealed. Archaeologists may find it 5000 years from now, if they're lucky, but it'll never be seen again before that. That stuff ain't no joke.
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Those "zombie knives" look like a bad idea for a joke. From their appearance, they have absolutely NO practical use, and I'm very sure that a zombie would eat you before you could ever get just one zombie killed with one of them, much less a horde of zombies, as they are known to travel in!
I have to wonder if swords are illegal in the UK. I know they're illegal in Ireland to possess or even own, much less carry, but I have no idea if the UK government has yet gotten around to banning them. There is no doubt in my mind that the hooligans will eventually turn to swords when all else is banned if they are not banned there.
It'll be Medieval World all over again!
What about appliance electrical cords? Those are pretty dangerous, too, and have been known to be useful in killing folks. Has the UK banned those yet?
The fact is, they can ban whatever they want, and the hooligans will still find ways to off people. I have an idea - maybe start giving the hooligans themselves permanent dirt naps instead of trying to figure out what they're going to try to kill you with next, and banning that item. If you permanently solve the hooligan's problem, then it's, well, permanent. That guy won't be killing anyone ever again.
I know, I know - it';s way too simplistic to just go straight to the source and take it out before it takes you out. I'm just a simple man, with a simple mind, not politician caliber at all. That's why the politicians get paid the big bucks. They are smart enough to figure out complicated, convoluted, intricate and detailed "solutions" to stuff that never really solve anything, thereby keeping themselves employed.
It's a form of job security, really, this ability to appear to solve problems while simultaneously insuring that the problems never,ever really get solved.
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