> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin
>
> In a recent note, Ken Porowski said:
>
> > Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 16:22:16 -0400
> >
> > There appears to be talk about banning all sorts of
> electronic devices
> > (laptop, cellphones, iPods, car remotes, etc.) too. Basically
> > anything that could send a signal to trigger a device. Pretty soon
> > you'll have to UPS your luggage and walk onto the plane in your
skivvies.
> >
> Or even as "Operation Suntan" in Robert A. Heinlein's "The
> Puppet Masters"?
>
> There are those who feel that if they can't carry their
> Blackberries it means the Terrorists Have Won.
I'd aver that the mere fact of the hyper-hysterical over-reaction in the
name of "security" is the terrorists' "victory".
Soon the only things left to ban from airliners will be the passsengers
themselves.
-jc-
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