This case may make people who want to carry things that look like bombs in airports worry about being arrested, but frankly I'm not too unhappy about that.
You're happy because you can't right this minute imagine a circumstance in which you might want to transport something that might "look like a bomb" in the opinion of some idiot with a gun and a badge.
My colleague's backpack apparently "looked suspicious" to the police officer who searched him.
I wouldn't expect to be able to wander around with a replica bomb (a theater prop, say) in broad daylight and not be challenged by the people whose job it is to stop bomb attacks. The same would have applied, say, ten years ago, although obviously I can't prove this.
I'd agree that over-sensitive security staff can be a problem, but I don't agree that they were being over-sensitive in this case.
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Date: 2007-09-24 10:34 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-24 11:01 am (UTC)My colleague's backpack apparently "looked suspicious" to the police officer who searched him.
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Date: 2007-09-24 12:19 pm (UTC)I wouldn't expect to be able to wander around with a replica bomb (a theater prop, say) in broad daylight and not be challenged by the people whose job it is to stop bomb attacks. The same would have applied, say, ten years ago, although obviously I can't prove this.
I'd agree that over-sensitive security staff can be a problem, but I don't agree that they were being over-sensitive in this case.
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Date: 2007-09-24 12:34 pm (UTC)