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Subject: [Leica] Flying With Camera Gear Post 25 Dec, 2009
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:13:16 -0500
References: <C977B426-50E5-430D-B200-4BF867B3C475@gmail.com> <6294A739-7E89-41AB-A57A-E99FE03E8915@sfr.fr> <36172e5a1001181356s760380e1me8782fafd769eb1f@mail.gmail.com> <3cad89991001181858o557cfef9j48b462eda08e9b6a@mail.gmail.com>

I'm not sure "voting with your feet" would make much difference. The
draconian measure is a fairly ineffective response to a problem that
is not being addressed by all necessary means. Tourist dollars will
not be a major factor in changing policy unless there are verifiable
connection.

I just went through the LAX, and it's a zoo compare to PDX, SEA, YVR,
SFO, SJC, or PHL, the last airports I flew through in the last 6
months. Not sure if it is always this bad. They did handcheck my film
thougbh (wheee...). Of course I thank them profusely.

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I have stopped going to the USA - my last trip was in 2002, and
> barring emergencies, or traveling to Galapagos which I plan to do
> sometime, that will be my last. Could not stand the paranoid and
> intrusive visa and security authorities, and the shoddy and demeaning
> treatment meted out to my wife and myself. No reason we have to put up
> with that. You cannot change the system, you can only vote with your
> feet.
> Cheers
> Jayanand


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