--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/28/34776.html>> > > > Flight Sim enquiry raises terror alert > By Andrew Orlowski in Las Vegas > Posted: 08/01/2004 at 22:39 GMT > Get The Reg wherever you are, with The Mobile Register > > > A mother's enquiry about buying Microsoft Flight Simulator for her > ten-year-old son prompted a night-time visit to her home from a state > trooper. > > Julie Olearcek, a USAF Reserve pilot made the enquiry at a Staples store > in Massachusetts, home to an earlier bout of hysteria, during the Salem > witch trials. > > So alarmed was the Staples clerk at the prospect of the ten year old > learning to fly, that he informed the police, the Greenfield Recorder > reports. The authorities moved into action, leaving nothing to chance. A > few days later, Olearcek was alarmed to discover a state trooper flashing > a torch into to her home through a sliding glass door at 8:30 pm on a > rainy night. > > Olearcek is a regular Staples customer and schools her son at home. The > Staples manager simply explained that staff were obeying advice. Shortly > before Christmas, the FBI issued a terror alert to beware of drivers with > maps, or reference books. > > At one time it was rare to find US citizens, in the safest and most > prosperous country in the world, jumping at their own shadows. Now we > only note how high.
I work with some ..middle age, Russians, and they are starting to discuss a feeling of Deja-vu they are experiencing. These discussions usualy end with the concept that we should really start worrying when we ~no longer~ hear about such things in the media. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
