I bought a fresh can of self-defense spray at my friendly neighborhood weapons depot last week. "Sabre" is a potent mix of military-grade tear gas and pepper spray. It's at least a few times stronger than Chanel Number 5. and at $9 each, it's about twelve times cheaper. One detail on the packaging was really funny, though. On the back side of the box (partial scan shown above), a series of line drawings depicting potentially threatening foes you might need to use it on, or situations you might use it in. One of them is a blonde teen "student" smoking a cigarette, seated beneath a school sports pennant, and it's not entirely clear whether he's a victim or an aggressor. Link to full size.
