Reading Claire, I see one of her friends is going to the repub convention as a Ron Paul delegate, but is having a hard time wrapping his/her mind around some of the restrictions, necessary for your safety…
Apparently the delegates have all been given extensive lists of Mandatory-or-Forbidden. Among other things, whole fruits are verboten. They must be sliced before they can be brought within the Sacred Circle of Government. Seriously, people. Orange bombs? Kiwis of mass destruction? You have too much time on your hands.
Which got one of her commenters thinking about possible reasons…
C’mon, Claire! Don’t you remember the apple grenade story from Firefly? Someone from nannyland security must have seen that episode.
And that comment brought with it charming mental pictures…
It’s probably because it’s harder to hurl sliced fruit at the speakers accurately.
Imagine what I could do with a pineapple or a durian.