Airport security.

Howdy!

In article om,
Dave Stadt wrote:

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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In article om,
"Dave Stadt" wrote:

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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In article om,
"Dave Stadt" wrote:

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
Kyler Laird wrote:

Roy Smith writes:

There's a
lot of stuff that's been done lately in the name of national
security
which I strongly disagree with, but this seemed quite
reasonable
and
appropriate to me, especially given the easy access to heavy
metal
on
the GA ramp.

So...what would they have done if they discovered a bunch of
maintenance
tools and firearms in your trunk? Escort you to your plane?

--kyler

I assume I would have found out what the business end of an M-16
looked
like and at the very least gotten to answer a lot of pointed
questions.
And I probably wouldn't be sitting here in my living room today
typing
this.

Maintenance tools and firearms locked in a trunk are illegal where
you
live?



No, they're not. But you asked me what they would have done if they
found them in my trunk, and I gave you my best guess.

What would you expect would happen?

I would expect them to say have a nice day, apologize for delaying you
and
let you go about your business. Anything less would be unreasonable,
intolerable and unacceptable.

No, that's what you would LIKE to happen. Perhaps it's even what you
think SHOULD happen. If you honestly EXPECT that it would happen,
you're not being realistic.

If I did nothing wrong why are my expectations not reasonable? In one of

Your expectation is perfectly reasonable. You just have to be prepared for
disappointment. I expect people to be honest and decent. I expect people
to take responsibility for their actions. Is that unreasonable? Is that
expectation subject to frequent disappointment?

your posts you alluded to the fact that if you had tools and a legal weapon
in your trunk you thought it reasonable for you to be held at gun point and

He said no such thing (as you can see by examining the quoted material
above which includes that hypothesis). That he would expect to see the
business end of the gun does not mean he takes that to be _reasonable_.

detained. I find that kind of thinking very sad and it certainly leads one
to believe the terrorist have won.

yours,
Michael
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