[B5JMS] Gore's speech re civil liberty

[b5jms at cs.columbia.edu]

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From: "Andrew Swallow" <am.swallow at eatspam.btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:09:51 +0000 (UTC)
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"Jms at B5" <jmsatb5 at aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031125043317.16326.00000645 at mb-m23.aol.com...
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>
> But to the point in general that you raise... here's some comedy for you.
When
> the administration put out the list of things you can't carry onto an
airplane,
> they made sure that things like nail clippers were included (even though
> nobody's used them yet in a hijacking) and left ON cigarette lighters,
which
> WERE used by the "shoe bomber," after pressure was placed by the tobacco
> industry...which kinda makes you wonder where the administration's real
> concerns are, doesn't it?
>
Do US planes have a total no smoking policy yet?  Because once
such a policy exists cigarette lighters will have no valid use.

Andrew Swallow




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 16:49:08 +0000 (UTC)
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>Do US planes have a total no smoking policy yet?  Because once
>such a policy exists cigarette lighters will have no valid use.

Yes, but the tobacco industry's argument in getting the lighters on-board was
to say that when flyers land, the first thing they want to do is light up
immediately.
 
Don't blame me, that's what they said.

 jms

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