Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, CC, Gerry and other non-US residents, The best that you can do to help with this sorry state of affairs is to not come to the US unless absolutely necessary; make sure you write letters to your travel agents, newspapers, etc. and publish this as much as possible. If enough of you do this, tourism revenue in the US will decline, and changes will happen. Big Government only listens to Big Business. I'd like to see a wave of cancellations of trips to US destinations, please. - Phong Don't come visit us, we'll come visit you FRANK DERNIE wrote: > > Me too I'm afraid. I have several close American > friends and used to visit several times per year. I > will not be visiting for anything other than essential > business in the future. Security is extremely > important, but the USA is sadly too late and too wrong > with theirs. > Frank > > --- Gerry Walden <gwpics@aol.com> wrote: > With all > this happening, and the fact that > > apparently I will now have to > > be photographed and finger printed on arrival (not > > to mention the > > rudeness of the security staff) I think it will be a > > while before I > > visit the US again! > > > > Gerry > > > > -- > > Gerry Walden LRPS > > www.gwpics.com > > +44 23 8046 3076 > > > > Jim Laurel wrote: > > > > > Ted, > > > This kind of thing really gets to me. Just > > reading your story gets my > > > blood boiling. Obviously, some ham-handed TSA > > screener decided that > > > your locked M7s constituted a threat. > > > > > > What would I do? Well, there's not much you can > > do. Under the aegis > > > of National Security, thousands of half-witted > > high school dropouts > > > have been reborn as Federal employees in the TSA. > > There's no > > > accountability for damage to personal property. > > And I guarantee that > > > trying to identify who damaged your cameras while > > at the airport would > > > simply result in your being detained and > > questioned. I suppose you > > > could write letters, and that might get you an > > apology, along with some > > > platitudes about keeping America safe, but it may > > also get you a > > > wiretap on your phone and black unmarked > > Suburbans driving by your > > > place at odd hours of the night. > > > > > > My solution is to carry all my gear on board. I > > pack my camera bag > > > full, and wear a large camera jacket, which has > > huge pockets. When the > > > gate staff complain about the weight of my bag, > > as Virgin Airlines > > > always seems to, I walk away, stuff things into > > my vest, and try again. > > > Last I checked, no airline has a restriction on > > how heavy your > > > clothing can be. > > > > > > We live in a new world for sure, and the threats > > aren't all from the > > > outside. > > > > > > --Jim Laurel > > > > > > > > > On Apr 2, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > > > > > > > What would you do under these circumstances? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > > for more information > > > > > > -- > > Gerry Walden LRPS > > www.gwpics.com > > +44 23 8046 3076 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > > more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >