Martin Hotze wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:52:11 GMT, Dudley Henriques wrote:


At the point you are approached in this reasonable manner, it is
incumbent on you to supply a reasonable answer to that security officer.


Emily, next time you should answer "I am taking pictures." (this ansewr
should be reasonable enough). And smile! He has the power and you're only a
citizen. And never speak up.

That is the nice thing about the US, the citizens have the ultimate
power at the end of the day. Maybe not any one citizen in an encounter
such as this, but we can vote the rascals out. Unfortunately, as one of
our early statesman said, and I'm paraphrasing, one of the problems with
democracy is that people will vote for things that in the end will
bankrupt the government. We all hate other people's pork, but vote for
representatives who will get us our fair share. Unfortunately, everyone
gets more than their fair share and we're going bankrupt because of it.

Matt