NODE 79468bfbBoom!
Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:13:38 +0800
So, if it turns out that TWA 800 was an accidental wing tank explosion, will
they give us our civil liberties back? If not, why not?
DCF
"'It Takes a Village to Raise a Child' -- an unemployed hausfrau living in
public housing in Washington, D.C."
NODE af723654Going Postal (Was: Boom!)
mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)Fri, 9 Aug 1996 13:17:34 +0800
DCF writes:
> So, if it turns out that TWA 800 was an accidental wing tank
> explosion, will they give us our civil liberties back? If not,
> why not?
The Post Office has now jumped on the terrorist bandwagon by
announcing that it will no longer be legal to drop any package
weighing over 16 ounces into a collection box.
Larger packages will have to be presented in person at the
Post Office, and I wouldn't be surprised if several forms of
ID were required.
Should wreak havoc with the mail order video tape rental business,
with those handy pre-paid 4th class labels you just slap on the
tapes before dropping in the nearest mailbox.
I suspect one could do a lot of damage to a mailbox with under 16
ounces of the proper explosive. Perhaps one of our resident
Cypherpunks bomb experts could expand on this subject.
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