Subversion

[Alan Westrope]

On Fri, 12 Jul 1996, Penny Padgett <padgett at intellicorp.com> wrote:

>Matthew opined:
>
>>   Probably the only way to subvert is through "irresponsible use of the 
>>   harmonica".  
>
>I'm waiting for Ted Samsel to step up and defend the accordion here.

I know I'm off-topic here, but I can't resist pointing out that the
most subversive instrument is probably bagpipes, which They have
declared to be an "instrument of war:"
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From: David Wadsworth <dwadsw at etna.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Cryptography and Bagpipes
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 96 14:37:35 GMT

What is the connection between crypto and bagpipes? Well 
crypto is regarded as an armament by the US ITAR regulations.
Later this month a British court is to rule as to whether
bagpipes are still classified as "instruments of war"!
The story is in todays Times newspaper (The British one)
It seems that a piper is being taken to court for practising
on Hampstead Heath, which has a bye-law forbidding music.
Mr Brooks, the piper, has denied the charge, citing a case in 1746,
where bagpipes were declared to be instruments of war, not musical
instruments, and a subsequent Act of Parliament which specifically stated
that they were weapons. He claims he wasn't playing a musical
instrument, but practising with a weapon! 
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