{"id":909,"date":"2001-11-02T20:24:09","date_gmt":"2001-11-03T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=909"},"modified":"2001-11-02T20:24:09","modified_gmt":"2001-11-03T01:24:09","slug":"bad_books_bad_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/02\/bad_books_bad_b.html","title":{"rendered":"Bad books, bad books, whatcha gonna do …?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another story of detainment at the airport because of a book.<\/p>\n

On the way there the arresting officer gave me a triumphant smile. “After 11 September, you can’t travel with books like this,” he said. “In that case,” I replied, “perhaps you should stop publishing them in Germany, or, better still, burn them in public view.”<\/p>\n

On the bright side, (a) this took place in Germany, which is so driven to deny its less politically correct past that it tends to be a police state about it, and (b) this is the first occurance I’ve heard of this sort of thing since the infamous United case … and if that’s the case, that’s not too bad, considering the number of people internationally <\/i>who have flown since then.<\/p>\n

Not that it’s a Good Thing, mind you. But given the potential extremes of behavior, especially these days, that’s not too bad of a record.<\/p>\n

(And, for what it’s worth, it sounds to me like the author, in describing his own experiences, has more than a few axes to grind ….)<\/p>\n

(Via Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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