On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 13:24:36 -0500, Dennis Hays wrote: > While I do understand, there is a known saying in US law, "Ignorance of > the law is no excuse".
Yes, but sometimes a remark from Charles Dickens seems more appropriate: "If the law supposes that, the law is an ass." Anyway, Dennis, you either missed my point or studiously ignored it. We are talking about the right to privacy. And I was saying that there was no apparent reason why the TSA had to break my lock when all that was required was for them to request me to open it. San Jose is not a huge airport with an immense amount of traffic. My bag was searched after clearing the x-ray inspection and outside of my presence for absolutely no good reason. Look, I live in Israel. The United States learned most of its airline security techniques from Israel. But in Israel, no one will break into your bag when they can get you to open it for them. And in Israel, no one will search your bag outside of your presence when they can just as easily do it in your presence. As for the broken lock, when so much money is being spent on security in the U.S, why not spend a few dollars more to replace the locks that are broken in such an unnecessarily crude and invasive fashion? -- Avi Yashar Windows XP Pro SP2 and The Bat! Pro 3.0.2.4 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.7 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
