I would imagine that all along her path to MIT this young woman had been praised by authority figures for her interest in electronics. Her common sense probably tells her about the wisdom of carrying an open frame 9v circuit vs. an open frame 90v circuit on her back. It would require political sense to evaluate this situation, but teenagers don't have political sense, praise FSM. Luckily, evolution has biased society to protect the young (well, young women at least).
Society also protects itself against criminal elements, and that is where 9/11 rears its ugly head. I hope that the officer was engaged in self-protective hyperbole, and had actually been trained not to shoot people with electronic shirts. In any case, I hope the reaction to the event was to help the officers make distinctions by training them that innocent cyborgs frequent the area. Reactions can be more important than events. -- Anthony Carrico
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