{"id":46054,"date":"2015-08-13T00:27:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T00:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=46054"},"modified":"2015-08-13T00:29:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T00:29:13","slug":"hand-grenades-a-two-way-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=46054","title":{"rendered":"Hand grenades: a two way street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[ by <strong>Charles Cameron<\/strong> &#8212; toys as weapons, weapons as toys, appearances, can be deceptive, ethnicities too ]<br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p>Before there were the realities we now know as &#8220;virtual reality&#8221; and &#8220;real life&#8221; there were the two known as &#8220;real&#8221; and &#8220;pretend&#8221; or &#8220;make-believe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Confusing pretend for real can be harrowing enough, as we saw this morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hand Grenade Toy Prompts Evacuations At Ontario International Airport \u00ab CBS Los Angeles <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/qpZi3QRyac\">http:\/\/t.co\/qpZi3QRyac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Crystal Cruz (@CrystalCruzCBS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalCruzCBS\/status\/631511994395332608\">August 12, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>but the reverse has even more dire potential:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bomb alert over hand grenade used as a toy <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/PM8HIpkh\">http:\/\/t.co\/PM8HIpkh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YEPleeds?src=hash\">#YEPleeds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkLavery1\">@MarkLavery1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pontefract?src=hash\">#pontefract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vicki Robinson (@VickiMRobinson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VickiMRobinson\/status\/200135163403964416\">May 9, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>For the record, toy grenades are a a regular feature of the news these days, see for instance:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<li>26 June 2015, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-33287956\">Bomb disposal team called to toy grenade in Coatbridge<\/a>\n<li>\n19 Octpober 2014, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypress.com\/news\/newport-news\/dp-toy-grenade-puts-newport-news-neighborhood-alert-20141019-story.html\">Toy grenade puts Newport News neighborhood on alert<<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Get your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00LOWWRFE\/\">Toy Grenades Battery Operated for Pretend Play<\/a> on Amazon:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Toy-Grenades.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Toy-Grenades.jpg\" alt=\"Toy Grenades\" width=\"602\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Toy-Grenades.jpg 602w, https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Toy-Grenades-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Pull the grenade pin, press bar and throw!\n<li>Estimated Delivery Date: Aug. 14 &#8211; 19 when you choose Expedited at checkout<\/blockquote>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p>Watch out, <strong>Staten Island<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: Police looking on Staten Island for men possibly with assault rifles.&#10;&#10;MORE: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nyFoiJbEjg\">http:\/\/t.co\/nyFoiJbEjg<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Abf8DTsjrl\">pic.twitter.com\/Abf8DTsjrl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breaking News Feed (@PzFeed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PzFeed\/status\/622136985042460672\">July 17, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But then again.. <\/p>\n<p>when is an assault rifle not an assault rifle?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Assault rifles&#39; in Staten Island were paintball guns: NYPD &#8211; NY Daily News <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Ysyy5pXhxL\">http:\/\/t.co\/Ysyy5pXhxL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Krishna Mungur (@mungurk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mungurk\/status\/623158320304627712\">July 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and come to that, <\/p>\n<p>when is a paintball more than a paintball &#8212; when is it a weapon?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-cards=\"hidden\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Teens arrested in Staten Island paintball attacks: One of the attacks, on an Orthodox Jewish man, was investig&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/LfEw9g5gdj\">http:\/\/t.co\/LfEw9g5gdj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Bar-Lev (@DavidBar_Lev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidBar_Lev\/status\/623107199024263168\">July 20, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and when is the reason not just a paintball, but a scarf?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don&#39;t fool yourselves. It wasn&#39;t the paintball guns that shut down Staten Island. It was the head scarves <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/islamophobia?src=hash\">#islamophobia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wisco (@Wisco) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wisco\/status\/622217632905826305\">July 18, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8212; and if that&#8217;s not enough, is skin color a <strong>difference that makes a difference<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So open-carry clowns are allowed w\/ long guns in Target but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JohnCrawford?src=hash\">#JohnCrawford<\/a> was shot dead in Walmart holding a toy gun? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/BK30NybXDU\">pic.twitter.com\/BK30NybXDU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana Fairbanks, M.D. (@dcfairbank) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcfairbank\/status\/631541378250440704\">August 12, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ah yes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target <\/strong>and <strong>Walmart<\/strong> &#8212; another nice pairing that gives that last tweet just a touch of extra impact!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ by Charles Cameron &#8212; toys as weapons, weapons as toys, appearances, can be deceptive, ethnicities too ] . Before there were the realities we now know as &#8220;virtual reality&#8221; and &#8220;real life&#8221; there were the two known as &#8220;real&#8221; and &#8220;pretend&#8221; or &#8220;make-believe&#8221;. Confusing pretend for real can be harrowing enough, as we saw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1221,526,529,1080,1222,753,705,790,39,1220,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","category-charles-cameron","category-games","category-gun","category-hijab","category-islam","category-koan","category-law-enforcement","category-military","category-new-york","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46054"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46075,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46054\/revisions\/46075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}