-- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 08:08:04 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: You've probably seen this already Robopassenger Sues For Search > The Terminator would have been more than a match for security personnel at > Toronto's Pearson International Airport if they'd tried to relieve him of > his high-tech gear. But Canadian university Prof. Steve Mann, who professes > to be a cyborg, instead complained the security people made him bleed when > they pulled electrodes off his chest. Mann showed up for a flight to St. > John's, Newfoundland, decked in "computerized glasses, headgear and > electronic body suit" according to a report in Canada's National Post > newspaper. He's apparently been walking around like this for about 20 > years, but that didn't make any difference to the understandably concerned > security people. Their "extensive search" lasted so long that he missed his > plane. Mann eventually got to St. John's, but it's not clear if he made the > trip as a mere mortal. Mann has hired a lawyer and intends to sue in what > could be a landmark case for cyborg rights. "Basically, we are going to > argue Professor Mann was discriminated against because he is a cyborg," > said lawyer Gary Neinstein ... apparently, with a straight face. "My client > is a cyborg, not a terrorist." http://www.avweb.com/newswire/index.cgi?13a http://www.wearcam.org/steve5.htm [ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe man-bytes-dog" (the subject is ignored).]
