[extropy-chat] fanatic anxietist

[Samantha Atkins]

On Jun 7, 2005, at 9:13 PM, spike wrote:

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> Some yahoo tied up traffic for hours in LA this morning
> by leading the cops on a OJ-esque low speed car chase
> and holding a gun to his own head.  They had to close
> Interstate 10, a main artery.  The economic damage done
> by this stunt is difficult to even estimate.

I wonder why they didn't deploy the little EMP (or is it microwave)  
gun that stops modern cars dead.  They could then deal with the  
threatened suicide without tying up all that traffic and so much impact.

- samantha