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more on YUP!! results of uk ban


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:24:27 -0400



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From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari () OLTECO com>
Date: August 10, 2006 7:08:14 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on YUP!! results of uk ban

At 6:37 PM -0400 8/10/06, David Farber wrote:
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From: Benjamin Kuipers <kuipers () cs utexas edu>
Date: August 10, 2006 6:01:10 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip () v2 listbox com
Subject: Re: [IP] results of uk ban

From reading the restrictive lists, it appears that you can't even carry on a book to read, or a notebook to write in. This amounts to being sentenced to spend a trans-Atlantic flight watching television or movies, or listening to the airlines' choice of listening matter. Shades of "1984", where each citizen is required to own a television set, which it is illegal to turn off!


        Over reaction spreads ...

        "... Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said that state's
       National Guard has been activated to increase security at Logan
International Airport outside Boston, the first such call-up since
      the Sept. 11 attacks.

   Passengers traveling through Logan may no longer bring aboard cell
      phones, laptop computers or iPods, as well as any liquids, Romney
        told a news conference in Boston... "

Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=20601087&sid=aei.iEm4Qt0I&refer=home





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