On 10/26/06, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There WERE useful weapons. Period. A program, possibly. But your > historical revisionism is plain and bluntly sickening. As of *2004*, > Saran shells were still potentially lethal in roadside ambushes. Once, as far as I can find.
No, no, no. That was a Saran shell, filled with plastic wrap that explosively unrolls and smothers people. I got it all mixed up with Sarin, which is not actually a kind of plastic wrap, but is a cholinesterase inhibitor, if I remember my biochemistry. Not too surprising to confuse the two, since you'll find both under many kitchen sinks. Really. A lot of insecticides are cholinesterase inhibitors. That's why (seriously) we had a false alarm about chemical weapons in what turned out to be a mobile agricultural vehicle. Sarin is sort of super-duper Parathion in gas form. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
