On Thursday, November 8, 2001, at 12:54 AM, Reese wrote:

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I got to meet Nancy three years ago when she was in Seattle for the national committee meeting of the activist organization known as "the Greens/Green Party USA," which should not be confused with the

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Nancy was not banned from flying. She was simply not allowed to fly that day. Nancy said she did not put up resistance to having her purse searched (a standard procedure long before 9/11) or personal search. She just went crazy at the metal-detecting wand. I know Nancy well enough to know why she would freak out at the use of such a radioactive instrument around her body. She is a long-time anti-nuke activist.

Earth to Greens: metal-detector wands are _not_ a "radioactive instrument_. A 7th-grade understanding of physics is all that is needed to know this. No wonder the Greens have such a backasswards view of so many things. Heinlein's quote below is especially appropriate. --Tim May "Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity." --Robert A. Heinlein