[IP] more on New Website: John Gilmore vs. 'Papers, Please'
Many have asked why I give Mr Bray distribution. While I most of the
time disagree with him, knowing what the other side thinks is part of
being aware. djf
Begin forwarded message:
From: Hiawatha Bray <watha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: August 16, 2004 2:10:27 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, Ip <ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [IP] New Website: John Gilmore vs. 'Papers, Please'
By all means, keep us informed. Let the word go forth bar and wide,
that
there's some guy named Gilmore with time on his hands and a severe
deficit
of common sense.
One more time, people--you do NOT have a right to travel on an airplane
without identifying yourself. There is NO SUCH RIGHT. The airlines are
perfectly free to set reasonable requirements for its passengers. For
instance, if you're disabled or obese, you can't sit in the emergency
exit
row, for fear of trapping people on the plane during an accident. You
don't
like it, stay on the ground.
Same principle here. With gibbering maniacs seeking to kill helpless
people
on airplanes, the airlines have decided to make a few half-hearted
stabs at
keeping us safe. Among other things, they expect to know the
identities of
those who fly. My only complaint is that it's still too easy to defeat
such
security systems. I can't imagine the folly of demanding that all such
security efforts be abandoned, because they give offense to Mr. Gilmore.
Ah well, crazy as our courts are, I doubt they're crazy enough to waste
much
time on this case.
Hiawatha Bray
Boston Globe
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