> [Andreas Schuldei] > > Please send me your passport number and your name *EXACTLY* as they > > appear in your passport. otherwise you might have problems to > > retrive your eticket at the airport. > > Wow, that was a new one. I've never seen a ticket office requiring > passport number before. For privacy reasons, I prefer not to share > that number with the ticket office. Why is it not enough with name > and address? > > Privacy is not just some irrelevant convenience issue, it is a > question of principles and and a question on who should be able to use > and misuse information about other people. I personally believe the > answer to two questions give a good indication if a proposal should go > through or not: > > - Would we reacted negatively if the suggestion had been implemented > in USSR during the cold war? > > - Would the secret police of a force invading our country be happy > to find the suggestion implemented? > > If both are true, like with the recent EU regulation to store all > communication patterns for several years, it should be fought. And > registering the peoples travel patterns is equally problematic, as it > give government yet another a database to misuse, and criminals yet > another source of information. > > (And for those of you believing that we should let go of our freedom > to gain security, I trust that you know that there is nothing new > about this discussion, and probably also know this quote from > President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826): "Those who desire to give up > freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, > either one." It is still true today. Power corrupts, and giving the > government more power by reducing our freedom will not give us more > security only less freedom)
Stop whining - Take it like a man - Take the Bus. To the rest I strongly advise all to shun Air Carriers that don't take security seriously. I prefer the freedom to travel in safety. To those who prefer to travel in a vinged long Aluminium tube way up high without any control - Think again. Just like Thomas Jefferson I am a Libertarian - I too cherish the right to hold arms. I too like freedom. That does not mean I don't lock my door when I go to sleep at night. Safety from insane people gives me more freedom :-) I will happily part with my nailclipper at the next airport if it makes my fellow passenger it little bit less jumpy. I got nothing to hide and Nailclippers to spare. I have kicked the butt of many a commie/fascist in my life. Given the chance I will kick some more :-) There will be peace on Earth - Eventually :-) Greetings Jim Oksvold
