Re: Teen arrested at Logan for alleged sarcasm in his bag

2003-08-14 Thread Bill Stewart
At 04:24 PM 08/05/2003 -0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
Perhaps John Gilmore, in his copious free time, could place these one by
one in his gym bag, and report back on the results. :)
Aside from John's Suspected Terrorist pin,
I think he's been one of the people who carries around a nice
metal engraved copy of the Bill of Rights in his hand luggage.


Re: Teen arrested at Logan for alleged sarcasm in his bag

2003-08-14 Thread Eric Cordian
Sunder posts:

 http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/214/metro/
  Teen_arrested_at_Logan_for_alleged_bomb_threat_in_his_bag+.shtml

 According to the police report, the note, which was placed on top of
 clothes in a black gym bag read: ''[Expletive] you. Stay the [expletive]
 out of my bag you [expletive] sucker. Have you found a [expletive] bomb
 yet? No, just clothes. Am I right? Yea, so [expletive] you.''

Not every sentence containing the word bomb is a bomb threat.  
Apparently this concept is lost upon the cretins guarding our airports.

While this kid is probably screwed for using the B-word, one wonders what
the boundary is that one has to cross with a note in ones luggage to get
arrested.

For instance, which of these sentences, written on a note in ones luggage,
would get one arrested and/or booted off a flight.

  Don't wrinkle my clothes, you minimum wage douchebag

  Bush lied to start a war

  R.I.P. First Amendment

  There is only one God, and Mohammad is his Prophet

  Hang Israeli War Criminal Ariel Sharon

  The 9/11 Martyrs are in Paradise

  Proud NAMBLA Member since 1979

  John Walsh is an expert on everything, except watching
   his kid at the mall

  Death to AmeriKKKa

  Free Jim Bell

  What the world really needs is a fifty dollar weapon that
   sinks aircraft carriers

  Founding Member, Aryan Nations

  Support Strong Crypto

Perhaps John Gilmore, in his copious free time, could place these one by 
one in his gym bag, and report back on the results. :)

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