On Jan 11, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
Dean,
Get real. When have you EVER had any reading material inspected by ANY
authority ANYWHERE in the world? OK, so I am not aware of your
particular reading habits and yes, I *can* imagine that *some*
material *might* attract the attention of customs officials in any
given part of the world, but it would have to be pretty extreme and
you would have to literally wave it in front of their faces. WIRED
Magazine does NOT in any way fall into the sort of material I am
imagining, and I think you know that.
That's a pretty naive position, Ole. I've had training manuals
confiscated at the Canadian border, had my laptop "data searched" in a
couple of places, had my bags detained for setting off chemical
detectors (although returned after secondary searching), had a science-
fiction paper-back book confiscated (apparently the cover image was
"pornographic", although they didn't bother to arrest me, and
thankfully, I had already finished the book), and probably quite a few
other events over the years. I've even had the sorts of jobs where
everything on my person, including papers, got inspected by guards
when I was going in and out of the workplace each day.
I'm really surprised you haven't had events like this yourself.
We should obviously obey the laws of the country in which we have our
meeting, but dreaming up worst case scenarios isn't helpful. Really.
Sometimes it is hard for outsiders to understand those laws you so
blithely say we should obey. Laws can and do catch people by surprise.
One of the most effective ways to prevent surprise is by as king "what
if" questions. Do you not think it is reasonable to subject the real-
world to the same sort of scenario analysis that we would demand of a
transport protocol?
--
Dean
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