[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [SRRTAC-L:9463] Fwd: "What book are you reading?" (fwd)

[Alfred Kagan]

>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 21:50:14 -0500 (EST)
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>When going to ALA Midwinter, be careful what reading materials you are
>carrying on board.
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>Fred Stoss
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>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:32:16 -0500
>From: Cheryl Nabati <cherylnabati at HOTMAIL.COM>
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>>From: nancy grant <nbgrant at PREXAR.COM>
>>
>>http://citypaper.net/articles/101801/news.godfrey.shtml
>>>Actual article is on the above site. Date of event is Oct 10, 2001. E-mail
>>message being forwarded is below:
>>
>>----- "I've got a book and I'm not afraid to use it!" ------
>>
>>You'd expect airport security to react if you were carrying a
>>box cutter or a sack of mysterious powder, the Philadelphia
>>CityPaper says, but one man was detained at Philly Inter-
>>national because of a book he was carrying. Neil Godfrey, 22,
>>of Phoenix was told at the United Airlines ticket counter he
>>had been selected for a random baggage search. The paper says
>>that, as he passed through the metal detector, an airport
>>security guard frowned at Godfrey's reading selections as
>>they disappeared through the conveyor belt. On the cover of
>>one book, "Hayduke Lives!" by Edward Abbey, was an
>>illustration of a man's hand holding several sticks of
>>dynamite. The 1991 novel is about a radical environmentalist
>>who blows up bridges and sabotages projects he believes are
>>destroying the Southwest landscape. After going through hours
>>of questioning by police and even the National Guard, with
>>more than a dozen people looking at that book -- and his
>>Harry Potter book -- and taking notes, Godfrey ultimately was
>>told he would not be able to fly on United Airlines.
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
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