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Loony Logic

George B. Roden is suing the state of Texas for $200 million because the state mental hospital, where he is confined, will not allow him to take karate lessons. Roden explained that he needed to learn karate “because as patients and convicts we are denied the use of guns to protect ourselves.” (Reuters) ...If you think we’re gonna let you do that, you’re crazy.


Publication Date: 14 August 1994

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