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Post #14,363
by wharris2
10/20/01 11:16:43 PM
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New Worse than that
You can be banned from an airplane for carrying a book with a bomb on its cover. Story over on www.jerrypournelle.com.
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Post #14,370
by tablizer
10/21/01 2:03:40 AM
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New odd
I could not find "bomb" at that link.

Anyhow, if the cover is simply a metaphore, then they should simply confescate the book, not keep you from the flight. Now, if the book was ABOUT making bombs, that is another matter.

A lot of WW II books have bombs on the cover.

Better yet, they could put it in the checked-in luggage (in a plastic bag or something if you don't have any other checked-in luggage) so that you can't read/show it on the plane (it may make some people nervious[1]), but then you can get it when you pick up your luggage after the flight.

[1] Especially if you look middle-eastern.
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