Re: Deutsch Jackboots
On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Greg Newby wrote: You neglected the possibility that he's from the dreaded Other Side. Better call T.I.P.S. :-) But seriously, he could just be a mercenary: ex-soldier, ex-fed, whatever. There's no reason why the bank couldn't hire their own plain clothes guards. If he had weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for, I'd be more suspicious. -- Greg On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 02:01:39PM -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Perhaps one of you crazies can shed some light on this. While grabbing some lunch I passed by the Deutch Bank tower further down on Wall Street. Standing in front is what is clearly no standard $6/hour security gaurd, though he has no uniform. The guy's wearing jackboots Jackboots are almost certainly _not_ what he was wearing. Presumably TD saw what are sometimes called jump boots or combat boots. jackboota heavy military boot made of glossy black leather extending above the knee and worn especially during the 17th and 18th centuries; a laceless military boot reaching to the calf http://www.apparelsearch.com/glossary_j.htm and a jumpsuit, and I can tell from his build he's some kind of soldier. (He's also armed, but the guns are not visible.) What's the deal here? It seems odd that the guy has no obvious uniform to make us all feel better (he'd certainly save us in the event of another terrorist attack), and scare away the numberless raghead terrorists. Is he there to make the Deutsch Bank execs feel better? Also, what's the deal with him not having any ID or anything? Does a US soldier have to be marked? (As for him being a soldier, take it from me I can tell this guy aint a standard rentacop.) Maybe not a standard rentacop, but TD is sorely mistaken if he thinks uniforms and ID badges need to be worn by various sorts of persons. For reasons too numerous to get into here. Most likely, private security employed by the bank. As for the more buff appearance than the usual retired doughnut eaters employed in the past, these are the times we live in. Where once such a paramilitary appearance would frighten the sheeple, now they are apparently reassured. --Tim May, Corralitos, California Quote of the Month: It is said that there are no atheists in foxholes; perhaps there are no true libertarians in times of terrorist attacks. --Cathy Young, Reason Magazine, both enemies of liberty.
Re: Deutsch Jackboots
On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 04:27 PM, Steve Furlong wrote: On Monday 24 February 2003 14:20, Greg Newby wrote: If he had weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for, I'd be more suspicious. Weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for includes pepper spray in NYC. And the notion that a guard having a weapon a non-soldier can't get a license for is flawed. Even in the most statist hotbeds of weapon control, in places like NYC and Washington, security guards can usually be issued a gun upon completion of a short training class (consisting of cartoons showing how guns are aimed...only a slight exaggeration). There is no weapon a security guard might have which would make me think he's non-civilian, except maybe for a Stinger. Even MP-5s are readily licensed to some security guards. At nuke plants, for example. And, no, they are NOT military. (Maybe former military, but not current, except in Protection of the Reich Alerts.) --Tim May How we burned in the prison camps later thinking: What would things have been like if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive? --Alexander Solzhenitzyn, Gulag Archipelago
Re: Deutsch Jackboots
Steve Furlong wrote.. Weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for includes pepper spray in NYC. And nunchucks. I remember back in Washington Heights where I grew up, kids were knocking themselves out imitating Bruce Lee with home-made 'chucks (they'd cut a broom handle into sections and then attach them with the door chain). So the city outlawed 'em. (A couple of years later our dojo fell out of favor with the then chief-of-police, so one of the brothers was actually prosecuted for nunchuck posession!) -TD Interesting, by 6:00PM when I was going home I happened to notice 2 such soldiers. Was there a terrorist threat against Deutsch Bank, or just a meeting of the BOD? From: Steve Furlong [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Deutsch Jackboots Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:27:51 -0500 On Monday 24 February 2003 14:20, Greg Newby wrote: If he had weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for, I'd be more suspicious. Weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for includes pepper spray in NYC. -- Steve FurlongComputer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel Guns will get you through times of no duct tape better than duct tape will get you through times of no guns. -- Ron Kuby _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
Deutsch Jackboots
Perhaps one of you crazies can shed some light on this. While grabbing some lunch I passed by the Deutch Bank tower further down on Wall Street. Standing in front is what is clearly no standard $6/hour security gaurd, though he has no uniform. The guy's wearing jackboots and a jumpsuit, and I can tell from his build he's some kind of soldier. (He's also armed, but the guns are not visible.) What's the deal here? It seems odd that the guy has no obvious uniform to make us all feel better (he'd certainly save us in the event of another terrorist attack), and scare away the numberless raghead terrorists. Is he there to make the Deutsch Bank execs feel better? Also, what's the deal with him not having any ID or anything? Does a US soldier have to be marked? (As for him being a soldier, take it from me I can tell this guy aint a standard rentacop.) I'd take a photo but I have the distinct impression he'd try to nix it. (Also, I'm not too into attracting such attention around here.) -TD _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
Re: Deutsch Jackboots
On Monday 24 February 2003 14:20, Greg Newby wrote: If he had weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for, I'd be more suspicious. Weapons that non-soldiers can't get licenses for includes pepper spray in NYC. -- Steve FurlongComputer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel Guns will get you through times of no duct tape better than duct tape will get you through times of no guns. -- Ron Kuby
