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brian-1927(at)lloyd.com
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 Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject: Airport stupidity (was: pneumatic cancer) |
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On Oct 18, 2007, at 3:37 AM, Bitterlich, Mark G CIV Det Cherry Point,
MALS-14 64E wrote:
| Quote: | Oh, it gets worse Brian. Read the last paragraph and you'll see
that even carrying a stereo in a backpack can land you in jail
these days. You all look out for those Zombie Party Terrorists
now... Ya hear?
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One of the classes I teach at school is robotics. I have kids
building autonomous robots. We are always working with circuit
boards, batteries, motors, wire and sometimes with clay for ballast
when they are working on the CG and mass of the 'bot. Imagine we have
a 'bot in a box we are taking to a competition and need to fly. It is
easy to say that we should be careful not to carry something like
that but what-the-hey, someone isn't thinking and it happens. Should
their life be in danger as a result?
Which, of course, begs the question: who is more likely to kill me?
TSA/DHS or a terrorist? There is certainly no longer any question in
my mind. Clearly we have gone so far to the other side that our
"security" is more of a threat than the threat ever was.
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mark.bitterlich(at)navy.m
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| Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: Airport stupidity (was: pneumatic cancer) |
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
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