I was stunned to find my little story on Boing Boing, being blogged about from Cory Doctorow’s airship (thanks so much!!). I appreciate the comments of the people here.
I would like to point out one issue. In the photo, one of the steampunk enthusiasts DOES have a knife on her belt. However, she was not at the mall that kicked us out. That photo is from the first meetup at a different carousel. You can argue whether she should or should not have a knife with her, although I do not believe it violates the law, but I can assure you that it did not influence this incident as that particular person was in L.A. that day and could not attend.
We were not carrying fantasy weapons (or real ones) that would make us frightening in a small mall. We were using common sense. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to keep us from being kicked out.
