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Old Jan 15, 2002 | 10:44 am
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BarryO
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ka9taw:

...That makes it sound like it's on the whims of whomever is searching that day -- gee, my kid could use a new laser pointer...
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That's an accusation you certainly read alot of these days. Is this a symptom of the new "class warfare" going on at security checkpoints? Since the screeners seem to have complete freedom to arbitrarily declare anything they like as a "dangerous item", how many pieces of jewelery, etc., are winding up being taken home by them?

BTW, a laser pointer can give you a headache, but that's about it.

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