Keeping the world safe from bookmarks

[EnfantTerrible]

This was sent to me by Mark Crispin Miller

Tourist's crime? Toting bookmark
By JAY CRIDLIN
Published September 17, 2004

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/17/Hillsborough/Tourist_s_crime_Totin.shtml

TAMPA - For the past month, Kathryn Harrington has stared down the
possibility of a criminal trial, a $10,000 fine and the stigma of
being deemed a security risk at Tampa International Airport.

The reason? She had a bookmark with her as she passed through airport
security screening.

"It was a bookmark," Harrington said. "It's not a weapon. I could not
understand why I was being handcuffed and put into a police car. I
cried for hours."

A month after airport police arrested her on a charge of carrying a
concealed weapon - the bookmark - it appears Harrington, a
52-year-old special education teacher from Laurel, Md., could be
clear of a potential $10,000 fine.

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[Beam Me Up]

1. Gee. I feel SOOO much safer now that this Sunday School Teacher

has been arrested and her book mark confiscated. You know, ONLY PINKO LEFTY DEMOCRAT TERRORISTS read books.

:eyes:

[skygazer]

2. Our tax dollars at work

My daughter pointed out to me one day that some ridiculous number of banned items had been taken at airports since 9/11, citing that as proof that we're "safer" - from my understanding, most of them are things like this.

Why do they call it common sense when it's so darn rare?

[nostamj]

3. serves her right!

A fully loaded Tek 9 is a stupid thing to use as a 'bookmark'

/republican brownshit brownshirt

[vogonity]

4. Fly first class

A few months ago I flew 1st class from San Francisco to NYC. (No I didn't pay for 1st class, I allowed myself to get bumped to a later flight.) The meal that was served included a metal knife and fork and a glass that was actually made of glass. I of course made sure I didn't carry fingernail clippers on the plane though.