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From: Mary Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: October 4, 2004 7:24:20 PM EDT
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Don't act "suspicious" -- TSA testing SPOT "observation" program
Reply-To: Mary Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Where is the line between reasonable expectations and ethnic profiling?
How do you prevent this from intimidating people who are doing unusual but innocuous things? For example, what if a bunch of rich fraternity kids just decide to compete to see who can rack up the most frequent flier miles to the most obscure places over spring break? What if they're paying cash? What if there's a premium for being the first of the competitors to reach a city, so all the kids are changing their plans dynamically?
How do you keep politics out of the mix?
etc?
I spend enough of my life doing legal but unusual things to have learned that community standards and common expectations are often much more restrictive than the law. I spend enough of my life with creative (and often eccentric) people to worry about the oppressive effect of processes that drive people toward inconspicuous (read "average") behavior.
Mary
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