Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: airport film check
From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2002 11:05:16 -0500 (EST)

> From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>
> 
> http://www.faa.gov/avr/AFS/FARS/far-108.txt
> 
> > Sec. 108.17  Use of X-ray systems.... 
> >
> > ... If
> > requested by passengers, their photographic equipment and film
> > packages shall be inspected without exposure to an X-ray system.
> 
> This applies to all domestic flights within the US.  If some 2-bit security
> guy doesn't understand his job and his obligations under the law, I think
> blaming the passenger is misplaced.
> 
> 
> Eric

eric, right on the money.  americans too often place overinflated importance
on trivialities... like invididual rights. :-) if you've got rights under
the law, and they are infringed, in my opinion it's one's responsibility as 
an american to address this.    going along with something that's wrong just
plain sucks and is unamerican.

(only a bit of :-) )

- -rei

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