[geeks] I'm glad I don't live in the US!

[Nick]

Yes.  Today he'd be arrested.  Appearently watching trains or planes is
a good way to get a chat with officer friendly now.  I'm wondering how
soon checkpoints will start getting more common, the supreme court has
already OK'd them for limited use.
	Nick
On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 03:12:49AM +0000, wa2egp at att.net wrote:
> That's the problem with all this homeland security nonsense.  
> Our rights are being taken away under the guise of security.
> A friend of  mine has a great picture that he is afraid to show.
> He once took a canoe trip to see the Statue of Liberty and was
> greeted by a park ranger that said he was not allowed to dock
> on the island.  (I guess they wanted to make money on the
> boat trip from the mainland.)  He left, after taking a picture of
> the statue with a sign in front of it that said "US Government
> Property.  Keep Out".  To put this is proper perspective, the
> canoe trip was over thirty years ago.  Do things really change?
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