Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]People are incredibly stupid. The security regime (call it what you will) is aimed primarily at intimidation and harrassment, not securing public safetly. I have a buddy at the TSA, and he says the same for airport security. The actual security of the airport itself is quite lax. Scott Douglas Herr wrote: >feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > >>http://tinyurl.com/ckk8g >> >> > >The so-called security checks many of us are tolerating are somewhere >between stupid and pointless. For example, a nearby post office, located >in a federal building. Cameras are believed to be a security risk so >they're not allowed in the building - at least cameras not in boxes. I've >shipped cameras and lenses from this post office, have recieved the same in >my P. O. Box. The people operating the x-ray machines recognize the items >as camera components but as long as they pass through the building's >entrance in a box there's no problem. If it's not in a box, it's not >allowed (camera phones included). How much thought does it take to realize >that cameras can be taken out of boxes? > > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >