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fr_defenestratoof course i heard about the liquids thing. well, my carry-on bags didn't contain any liquids or semi-liquids—as ensured by the hired fascist thugs at the security checkpoint. the only place my cup of coffee could have come from was a vendor in the terminal and past the security checkpoint. the ban on liquids is explicitly about preventing explosives in the form of liquids/semi-liquids from entering a plane; therefore, the only possible way my coffee could have been dangerous was if the in-terminal Jester Express food vendor had willfully sold me explosives in a styrofoam coffee cup.
as usual, it's a case of really, really stupid people (worser even: corporations, the stupidestest people of all) enforcing the letter of some random law or rule and besetting the regular person with inappropriate restrictions/behavior modifications.
my brother tells me more and more cities are passing curfew-type laws that restrict the freedom of movement of US citizens up to the age of 25. i mean, the federal drinking age was bad enough (you're an adult at 18 but...); this is unconscionable. besides artificially inflating the onset of adulthood even further (what's next? raising the age limit on taxation dependency clauses to 30? the age of consent to 23? 17 years of mandatory public schooling? kee-rist!), it's clearly—clearly—an unconstitutional curtailment of the civil liberties of one group of legally responsible adult citizens.
oh, but it's our freedom the fundie muslims hate. yeah, that still plays.
as usual, it's a case of really, really stupid people (worser even: corporations, the stupidestest people of all) enforcing the letter of some random law or rule and besetting the regular person with inappropriate restrictions/behavior modifications.
my brother tells me more and more cities are passing curfew-type laws that restrict the freedom of movement of US citizens up to the age of 25. i mean, the federal drinking age was bad enough (you're an adult at 18 but...); this is unconscionable. besides artificially inflating the onset of adulthood even further (what's next? raising the age limit on taxation dependency clauses to 30? the age of consent to 23? 17 years of mandatory public schooling? kee-rist!), it's clearly—clearly—an unconstitutional curtailment of the civil liberties of one group of legally responsible adult citizens.
oh, but it's our freedom the fundie muslims hate. yeah, that still plays.
