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Airport Security
August 26, 2006 ( politics )
The War on Moisture is pure insanity. This past trip to Nicaragua was the first time I checked luggage (only coming back, mind you) since leaving Jamaica. It's a hassle, adds time pre-departure, adds the risk of loosing luggage, and takes forever when you arrive, at least in comparison to lugging your carry-on and going. Now, unless I want to buy a new set of toothpaste/deoderant/etc. at every place I go, this means I always have to check some piddling piece of luggage.
Can we cut it with the paranoia?
Even better is poor Raed, who was detained for wearing a shirt that read "We will not be silent" - in English and *gasp* Arabic script! Evidentially it's not cool to wear anything in an entire language in the airport. Luckily there's now a shirt that reads very clearly, "I am not a terrorist" (in Arabic script of course), with the $1 profit off of each shirt going to the ACLU.
Posted by griffjon at August 26, 2006 10:42 AM
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I read this guy's blog.. that's some crazy shit. Who are those people that "call" to alert the authorities?
I once sent a letter "to whom it may concern" to ask that the guy I was dating be admitted to the US to visit me. I have been double searched every time I've flown since then...
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at August 28, 2006 09:53 PM
I read this guy's blog.. that's some crazy shit. Who are those people that "call" to alert the authorities?
I once sent a letter "to whom it may concern" to ask that the guy I was dating be admitted to the US to visit me. I have been double searched every time I've flown since then...
Posted by: LadyJBird at August 28, 2006 09:53 PM
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