, 2003-10-27
Whether it's a student slipping contraband past airport metal detectors, or a researcher modeling an unstoppable computer virus -- demonstrations just don't do justice to the real state of security.
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> shows that if you try to take on
> potentially dangereous items, no matter
> what your excuse, you will be prosecuted
Normally, yes. But what benefit does "shooting the messenger" (which it clearly is, at least in this case) have for the general (flying) public ?
Obviously, he found a hole in the system that no-one else saw or was willing to close - and he took a big risk to proof its existence.
Ultimately, flight-security is also a responsibilty of the passengers, because up-there, nobody else can help you.
If he gets sentenced, the message to the general public is (though not intended): see no evil, hear no evil, tell no evil.
Because, if things go bad, you're the one that gets blamed, if there's no-one else to blame.
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