Airport screening - digital damage

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Matt Silberstein wrote:
> On Thu, 05 May 2005 23:44:12 -0500, in rec.photo.digital , Ron Hunter
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>>Matt Silberstein wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 05 May 2005 14:15:21 -0500, in rec.photo.digital , Ron Hunter
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>>>>Steve wrote:
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>>>>>Mark² wrote:
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>>>>>>Experience indicates that the elderly hispanic lady shouldn't be
>>>>>>bothers to remove her shoes...while 30-year-old Mohamed with the
>>>>>>middle eastern accent walks straight through behind her.
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>>>>>How do you distinguish between an elderly hispanic woman and an elderly
>>>>>woman from
>>>>>the Middle East? And what do you do about the pale white elderly woman who
>>>>>sympathizes with terrorist causes? The two times I've been selected at
>>>>>random for an extra search I didn't have to remove my shoes (the most
>>>>>recent was 1/04), but when I have had to remove them so has everyone else.
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>>>>I seldom remove my shoes, because I KNOW they have no metal in them, and
>>>>won't set off the alarm. But if requested to take them off, they are
>>>>responsible for any discomfort their nose suffers... Grin.
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>>>Really? You actually threaten those people? I have had to remove my
>>>shoes on almost every flight I have taken in the last several years.
>>>Because they ask me to, not because they set something off. BTW, what
>>>does metal in your shoe have to do with anything? Do you actually not
>>>know why they have people remove their shoes?
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>>Yes, because some check for nitrates. Others don't, they only check
>>those that seem to have metal in them, presumably to prevent someone
>>hiding a blade in one. I have only had to remove my shoes a couple of
>>times.
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> I gather the threaten comment was just Usenet bravado. Me, I have
> taken to wearing sandals when I fly. More comfortable on the plane and
> easier to remove/replace at inspection.
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I am not sure where the word 'threaten' came from. I saw no threat,
either specific, or implied in my comments.
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Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net