Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm on a number of mailing lists to keep abreast of the local situation, and not just what the news desk tells me. This one is kinda humorous. People do the darndest things under the color of authority. Slobodan Dimitrov "www.stopUSwars.org" wrote: > > Traveling to San Fransico Saturday night, an LA peace activist was detained at LA International Airport as authorities reviewed each of 500 anti-war buttons and bumper stickers one at a time, in the name of "national security". > > After diverting his lluggage for x-ray scanning just before walking on the a Southwest flight to the Bay Area, Andrew Liberman, of Coffee House Teach-Ins was detained as airport security asked for permission to open one pack. In it they located what they decided was the threat to national security-- and one at a time perused the items like "Peace is Patriotic" stickers, and the red, whiite, and blue "Are You Willing to Die For Exxon" buttons and stickers. When Liberman asked what all the concern was about, and remarked that he couldn't understand what all the concern was about--with printed matter, the supervisor responded, "That's good that you don't understand. Our security system is then working". > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html