The Pen is Mightier than the Sword - previously posted incorrectly

Monday and Tuesday I was busy representing the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) in its annual day of lobbying MPs over medical issues. This year the theme was "Canada Needs More Doctors".
As part of this effort, we had an hour to attend "Question Period", a spectacle executed by a rowdy and raucous rabble of Mps, behaving no better than teenage school children.
Across the visitors gallery, sat our own Miss Elizabeth May and Miss Camille Labchuck.

When you enter, you get a floor plan with the names and seating arrangement of all the MPs. Since I know so many of them personally, I took my ball point out of my pocket, and started to circle 2 or 3 names - for fun- when I felt a heavy index finger on my right shoulder. I looked around to see one grey haired stern looking security officer, shaking his head disapprovingly, and telling me that I was not allowed to write in the speakers gallery.
I could not believe that in the land of democracy called Canada, that would be conceivable, but I followed orders, like the law abiding citizen that I am, lest I be rendered to some Arab country! But on my way out, I asked the same gentleman why. He said it was forbidden. I said "But why is it forbidden?". "For security reasons" came the ready answer. "And how would writing on paper compromise security?" I asked. "Any sharp object like a pen could be used as a weapon directed at one of the MPs below!".
That's when I remembered the saying "The pen is mightier than the sword".
I do not think that Elizabeth was able to follow the story from where she was sitting.