A Bit of Irony

[Pyrrho]

In this picture of Charlton Heston at his farewell appearance as President of the NRA, visible in the foreground is one of the plexiglas panels used to protect the speaker from being shot.

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/US/South/04/26/nra.heston/story.heston.farewell.jpg

edited to add: OOPS, my ignorance is showing. See posts below. WTF do I know, I don't get out of my cubicle much.

Silly me, I've always thought those were bulletproof plates. Dunno why. So shoot me. :P

[Tony]

Whats ironic about it?

[Reginald]

Except that that is an autocue panel???

like the one described here?? (http://www.scriptease.nl/Pages/congres1.html)

[DrBenway]

Originally posted by Reginald
Except that that is an auto cue panel???
In the States, we call them "teleprompters."

So THAT'S what stopped my rounds, bulletproof teleprompter! (smacks forehead) D'oh!

[Richard G]

Equally as ignorant about firearms no doubt.

[Reginald]

Originally posted by pyrrho2000
In this picture of Charlton Heston at his farewell appearance as President of the NRA, visible in the foreground is one of the plexiglas panels used to protect the speaker from being shot.

http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/US/South/04/26/nra.heston/story.heston.farewell.jpg

edited to add: OOPS, my ignorance is showing. See posts below. WTF do I know, I don't get out of my cubicle much.

Silly me, I've always thought those were bulletproof plates. Dunno why. So shoot me. :P

I cant shoot ya!! There's a teleprompter in the way!!!

:D

[Segnosaur]

Originally posted by pyrrho2000
Silly me, I've always thought those were bulletproof plates. Dunno why. So shoot me. :P

Even if they were bulletproof, they wouldn't be much protection. (Ok, they may protect their heads, but the rest of their body would be wide open.)

[corplinx]

You got it all wrong, its a sneezegaurd to protect the midget who calls out his lines when he gets stuck.