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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Hey Al,
>
> I recently read a column* that mentioned a guy who
severely beat a
black
> man with an aluminum baseball bat after greeting him
with a racial
> epithet (then claimed he was just using the word as
a friendly
greeting,
> like it's used in rap songs, so it wasn't a hate
crime). Made me
wonder
> -- have Scottish enforcers moved on to aluminum or
do they prefer the
> feel of good wood?
>
> Mark
I would think an aluminum (or in Scotland, I suppose it would
be aluminium) baseball bat would be deadlier than a wooden
bat. But wood still gets the job done and not just in the
form of a baseball bat. If we ever run into each other at a
convention, remind me to tell you the story of my Great Aunt
Minnie who killed a neighbor with a broom handle.
By the way, I will be in Madison for the Bouchercon and am on
a panel that will discuss Mickey Spillane. Jim Doherty is
another member of our group on the panel. I'm about to reread
ONE LONELY NIGHT, which was one of my favorite Spillane's and
I picked up a copy of one of the last Mike Hammer novels
BLACK ALLEY to read for the first time.
Hope to see some of you there.
Richard Moore
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